Virender Sehwag continues to confound the pundits and frustrate the layman by flitting between the ordinary and the unacceptable, writes R Kaushik in the Deccan Herald .

Ricky Ponting and his mates had England for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the second day at Brisbane, writes Peter English

He may be the fastest bowler in the world, but Brett Lee does not fit the recognised model of the modern paceman

There's been no honeymoon period for Nasim Ashraf, the new chairman of the Pakistan board

If the Australian newspapers are to be believed, Andrew Flintoff’s men may as well pack their bags and head for home, says Simon Wilde : The mockery of the headlines was as predictable as it was scathing

It's Adam Gilchrist's fault

Seven first-timers make India’s tour party to South Africa relatively inexperienced

Notwithstanding the somewhat surprising level of support that is being lent to the Pakistan Cricket Board, over its decision to ban Mohammad Asif for a year, it is a monumentally foolish act, one that reflects an alarming level of ineptitude, writes

Everyone has been batting the wrong way around, writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald , and coaches have been barking up the wrong tree.

There's been a lot of myth-busting during the course of the Champions Trophy

Dravid didn’t hide his disappointment when asked about the media “blowing up” what Chappell had told the team, telling them about how they “slouch” and “joke” and “loiter” and blah

Around two hours before the start of the Pakistan – Sri Lanka clash, around 100 local Shiv Sanaiks, the Hindu fundamentalist organisation, staged a protest outside the Sawai Man Singh Stadium

Not the real one but the look alike

A little after 7pm in the India v England clash at Jaipur, with Rahul Dravid having just arrived at the crease, fireworks lit up the skies over the Sawai Man Singh Stadium

As the Indians went through their paces at the Rajasthan Cricket Academyground, a couple of software engineers, stationed at one corner, went about setting up their equipment

R Mohan, writing in the Deccan Chronicle , wonders how the ICC let off Darrell Hair so easily, the man at the centre of the ball-tampering row at The Oval: