If Darrell Hair may be assured of anything in these difficult hours, it is that smirking, jaded telly executives are even now dreaming up vehicles for him, writes Marina Hyde

Writing in Hindustan Times , Pradeep Magazine asks if cricket world in danger of getting torn asunder by a new global order that is increasingly getting polarised in stark shades of black and white?

Mike Atherton, writing in the Sunday Telegraph , feels that there is only one consolation England can take from their insipid performance at The Oval

With Monty Panesar and Sajid Mahmood in the current England side and Yorkshire teenager Adil Rashid provoking great excitement, the profile of British Asians in cricket has never been higher

Mukul Kesavan, writing in the Hindustan Times , looks back at the Dean Jones controversy and advocates a policy of zero tolerance.

In a freewheeling interview to The Indian Express Harbhajan Singh tells Ajay S Shankar about the journey so far and his dream to become India captain.

Thirty years on from his destruction of England, Michael Holding is less than impressed with the stamina of the latest generation of fast bowlers, writes Simon Wilde

Scyld Berry, writing in the Sunday Telegraph , feels Stuart Broad can solve England's one-day fast-bowling problem.

S Singh, writing in Mid-Day , a Mumbai-based tabloid, tells the story of Dmitry Ratnayake, forced to return to South Africa midway through a special Sri Lankan tour

The Daily Telegraph 's Martin Johnson writes on Kevin Pietersen's dismissal at The Oval and casts a funny look at the rest of the happenings on the first day:

Simon Barnes finds sporting values to the fore despite supposed tensions at The Oval:

In The Guardian , Frank Keating writes on Monty Panesar and other great sporting Sikhs.

Simon Hattenstone writes on his love affair with the great great, Graeme Hick:

Amid the tension in Sri Lanka, Neil Manthorp writes on the security situation:

VVS Laxman tells VV Subrahmanyam that the current phase was the most decisive one in his one-day career.

Monty Panesar has a real chance of being successful in international cricket, and by that I mean consistently over a long period, not just in the odd game here and there, writes Shane Warne .

Brian Lara has apologised

Harsha Bhogle laments the fact that newspapers are increasingly surrendering to the instant quote brand of journalism with the very active support of people who will say anything to be in the news

Pradeep Magazine applauds John Wright for his forthright comments about India's selection system.