The Surfer
Mark Richardson writes in The New Zealand Herald that Mathew Sinclair should take the rumoured contract on offer in South Africa because the game owes him more than the New Zealand cricket environment can offer him.
Terry Jenner, Shane Warne's mentor, has attacked England's attitude to spinners following an unveiling of the ECB's latest technological gizmo: Virtual Warney
"I'd suggest England should save their money and put it into junior development," Jenner said. "I bet it can't do Shane's deliveries in the same sequences as he does them. It's impossible. You've got to read the ball from the hand. Merlyn didn't have a hand and I doubt this one does.
Mark Waugh, in his column for the Sydney Morning Herald , observes Australia's performance in South Africa and breathes a sigh of relief when surmising that Ricky Ponting has finally found a quality back-up paceman to Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath -
As a batsman, Ponting has shown a rare ability to keep things simple
The precociously talented Suresh Raina revealed a cricketing brain far beyond his experience in a match-winning innings worth its weight in gold , writes R Mohan in the Deccan Chronicle .
Prince counts amongst the most tenacious of cricketers
Who is Adam Parore's tip for the key player if New Zealand are to seriously ruffle the South Africans this month
The small Caribbean islands of St Kitts and Nevis are preparing for the influx of Australia visitors expected for the 2007 World Cup, as reported by The Voice .
“The ICC Cricket World Cup will be a defining moment for our country," Skerritt told website windiescricket.com. “When we submitted our bid we had specifically wanted to host Australia, the world champions and that dream will soon be a reality.
Sir Trevor MacDonald, the veteran ITN newsreader, talks to the Daily Telegraph about his love of cricket which, he claims, "developed in the womb ..
"I remember, in Trinidad, playing from the age of four, hammering in stumps in neighbours' backyards and fashioning bats from the branches of coconut trees.
Rabindra Mehta, a NASA scientist and a schoolmate of Imran Khan, had come up with a new theory, a new form of swing, what he termed as 'contrast' swing but was met with scoffs from certain quarters.