The Surfer
Neil Manthorp in Supercricket pays a warm tribute to Peter Robinson, the cricket writer who passed away due to cancer
He was sharper than any of us, often wittier and certainly more argumentative. Forget crosswords or Sudoku for mental exercise, on long tours to India or England we would stay in shape by disagreeing with Robbo on a subject we knew he felt strongly about. I never saw anyone win - but it was fun trying.
Marcus Trescothick's mystery virus explanation was so ham-fisted you could have boiled it up, served it with mash and called it Eisbein, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian .
The series in the bag, India’s attitude could not but have bordered on audacity while England deserved the kind break even more than a traveller in the desert looking for an oasis, writes R Mohan in The Deccan Chronicle
Mike Selvey, in the Guardian looks at this year's Wisden , which commemorates the Ashes summer and names Andrew Flintoff as world cricketer of the year.
The primary role of the almanack has changed from a book of reference, whose records section is out of date the second the manuscript goes to the printers, to one in which the quality of its articles is paramount. If not triumphalist, then this year's almanack is unashamedly celebratory.
This day, 30 years ago, India's batsmen, led by Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, chased down a mammoth fourth-innings target of 403 at Port of Spain, setting a stunning world record
Utopia in the stands - Watching the multi-racial supporters in the Carib Beer semis at Guaracara Park, Fazeer Mohammed in the Trinidad Express gives a glimpse of the social makeup of Trinidad
In a country fighting a guerrilla war with itself and so often pulled in different directions on the basis of race and political preference, sport continues to unite and show a way out of the senseless, inane debates.
Even a seasoned politician like Sharad Pawar has been stumped by the cricket economics
The BCCI has marketed 25 off shore matches each for $ 8 million plus. This works out approximately to Rs. 40 crore per match. I don't understand this.
Suresh Raina tells Vijay Lokapally about the hardships he had to endure while learning his cricket.
I enjoyed the hardships. I learnt to be brave and mentally strong to face anything and anyone. Seniors ragged me but nothing deterred me. I had left the comforts of home as a challenge and I never lost my concentration and focus.
Sanath Jayasuriya's decision to retire from Test cricket was bound to elicit tributes