Peter English

Philip Derriman remembers in the Sydney Morning Herald what it was like to sit beside Bill 'Tiger' O’Reilly, Australia’s former legspinner and journalist, and hear him analyse what was happening in the middle.

 

Malcolm Conn, writing in the Australian , looks at how the umpiring referral system is faring in its Test trial.

Robert Craddock says in the Courier-Mail that Australia’s victory in South Africa should have solved all of their problems.

Peter Roebuck, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , likes what he sees in South Africa’s line-up for the third Test against Australia in Cape Town

After taking Australia to a series win over South Africa, Ricky Ponting has some advice for the country’s business leaders in his column in the Australian

Ben Laughlin thought he was in trouble when ordered for a chat with Trevor Barsby, the Queensland coach, on Thursday

There are some heavy heads in Macksville this weekend after Phillip Hughes’ century in the second Test in South Africa

Malcolm Speed, the former ICC chief executive, says security can never be guaranteed and the attacks in Lahore were a cricket administrator's worst nightmare

Peter Lalor, writing in the Australian , looks at Australia’s blue-singlet, working-class bowling attack.

Cricket will never supplant soccer as the preferred sport of the South African majority but like never before it has a priceless opportunity to enter the consciousness of the Rainbow Nation