The Surfer

Steve Waugh says it's time to strip Zimbabwe of international status

Xan Rice of the Observer Sports Monthly meets Duncan Fletcher and tries to get into the mind of a man who has changed his country, his profession, as well as the fortunes of English cricket.

Laurie Clancy reviews three books on the historic Ashes series.

Neil Manthorp introduces the four new faces in the South African side, currently touring Australia:

Shoaib Ahmed celebrates Brian Lara's ascent to the top of the run-scoring mountain and traces the progression of the record down the years.

It is hardly surprising that Andrew Flintoff didn't manage to lay a bat on Danish Kaneria's stunning googly on the final day at Lahore

OK, so the feel-good factor over the Ashes is slipping away faster than a Shoaib Akhtar yorker

Australia's elite cricketers of the 1970s share an intimacy and popularity perhaps unparalleled in Australian sport, writes Mike Coward , and appreciates the manner in which they came together to rally behind Gary Gilmour.

Matthew Ricketson writes on the various books released on the epic Ashes series:

Peter Roebuck writes that Adam Gilchrist must consider retiring from 50-over cricket.

Mike Coward feels that West Indies cricket has learned so little from history its future remains uncertain.

In the Sunday Telegraph Scyld Berry says that Steve Harmison's shy at Inzamam-ul-Haq could have resulted in something far worse that a run out, and warns that the time could come when players resort to fisticuffs to resolve their differences, and

Robert Craddock says in The Courier-Mail Australia’s allrounders need time to settle because the team has a middle-order batting problem .

Owen Slot writes on the latest biography of Hansie Cronje and adds:

England should make an investment in the future and l et Alastair Cook open their batting in the final Test, argues Mike Gatting .

Two days after Brian Lara passed Allan Border’s world record Mike Coward writes in The Australian about the day Lara laid himself bare .

Bob Simpson uses a letter from the great Don Bradman to argue that Attractive cricket cannot be judged solely by the rate of run-getting — an orgy of which, against inferior bowling, can be the most boring thing of all

The argument that sportsmanship in cricket is dying out is nothing more than rose-tinted hogwash , argues Vic Marks .

Andrew Flintoff's development into the best allrounder in the world has finally stopped the search for the next Ian Botham

Harsha Bhogle writes on the selection of Sourav Ganguly: