The Surfer

Cricket declares war on itself

The game's capacity for contradiction has been disturbingly on show recently, says Tim Lane

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Lonely exit for stunned Sourav

Sourav Ganguly's exculsion from the Test squad for the third Test against Sri Lanka has evoked several strong responses;

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

The rebirth of Shoaib Akhtar

One of the outstanding aspects of England's tour of Pakistan has been watching The Rawalpindi Express - Shoaib Akhtar - get back on the rails after a tough period

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Gilmour gets gift of life

Gary Gilmour, the former Australia allrounder, is recovering from a life-saving liver transplant and should be back home in Newcastle for Christmas

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Pacy Perth not as fast

Ricky Ponting writes in The Australian about adjusting from one-day games to Tests and also deals with the unique aspects of the Perth pitch

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Little boy lost

Mini Kapoor, writing in the Indian Express , celebrates Sachin Tendulkar's 35th hundred and says, thirty five centuries later, we still haven’t figured out what we did to him.

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Freddie mania

Two pieces on Freddie Flintoff after he was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year:

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

ICC request 'a new low in hypocrisy'

The ICC’s plea to tone down verbals is dismissed by The Australian’s Malcolm Conn as a in extremely strong terms :

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Rating Australia's back-up bowling brigade

Australia’s reserve bowling stocks came under heavy inspection following the loss to New Zealand and The Daily Telegraph’s Robert Craddock worries that after being spoilt rotten by slick baton changes the team may be in for a bumpy ride

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

A nation applauds

There are a few things that stir India as much as Sachin Tendulkar and his record 35th Test hundred provided journalists across the country celebrate a momentous ocassion.

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Akram on the ICC

Wasim Akram is clearly not happy with the ICC

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Introducing Australia's new fast men

Australia have two new bowlers in New Zealand so it’s time to get to know them

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Parore thinks Lee's beamers 'could kill'

The downmarket tabloid the Daily Telegraph runs with the backpage headline “BRETT LEE WILL KILL SOMEONE”

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Cricket books selling well

The Guardian reports on how cricket books are taking the Christmas market by storm

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Late night for Fred

It is not unheard of for Andrew Flintoff to have the odd late night occasionally when celebrating a win (or not even go to bed if it's after winning the Ashes)

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

A captain for captain's sake is balderdash

Michael Vaughan's withdrawal from the England one-day captaincy because of injury begs the question as to whether he should even be in the side , says Mike Selvey.

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Warne heats up the pre-series talk

The slanging matches have started ahead of the Australia v South Africa Test series

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Merv. Big Mo. Natural selector

Peter Roebuck meets Merv Hughes , a former fast bowler and national selector who talks about the game with passion and intelligence.

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Sehwag the insouciant

R Mohan celebrates the virtues that make Virender Sehwag such an exquisite batsman to watch.

25-Feb-2013•The Surfer

Cartoon capers with Mark Waugh

“Curses” as the evil Mojo Jojo of Powerpuff Girls fame no doubt said when he and a team led by Mark Waugh were beaten by a side which included Bob the Builder

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