According to an editorial in the Business Standard , the IPL is a safe bet for the team franchises and the real test would be for the broadcasters.

Writing in the New Zealand Herald , Adam Parore offers his tributes to his former team-mate and skipper Stephen Fleming.

In the Australian the columnists Patrick Smith and Mike Coward have different views on the growth of Twenty20

Outlook 's Rohit Mahajan profiles Andrew Symonds: Very melting-pot, very Aussie

"Anil Kumble is to Indian cricket what the house of Tatas is to Indian business ethos

Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald Peter Roebuck dwells on the coming together of the old firm - Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist - and their effect on the opposition.

In the Courier Mail Robert Craddock looks back at the career of Michael Kasprowicz.

"What does it mean to be a "good sport"

India Today's Sharda Ugra analyses the money flow of the Indian Premier League.

Writing in the Outlook , Brian Stoddart believes the whole Harbhajan-Symonds saga throws up "some serious questions about the nature and mental attitude of the Australian game in dimensions running from the on-field approach through the game's

Peter Roebuck, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , picks Brett Lee as the unsung hero of the spicy series.

Michael Jeh writes a tongue-in-cheek take on Australia's Spirit of Cricket in the Mid Day

"If Australia skipper Ricky Ponting had shown a little more sensitivity, an iota of the maturity that his opposite number from India has shown and perhaps, an understanding of the implications of what he was doing, there may have been no crisis in

"No sooner does India protest some gross inequity, than some bloke ..

It’s in the eyes

Sharda Ugra takes a hilarious potshot at a section of the Australian media