The Surfer
As the cash influx into Indian cricket continues, the rewards are beginning to filter down to the club professionals and the Ranji Trophy is set to be revitalised
It was the player's triumph not because of runs and wickets, but because of his performance as a third-choice captain , writes Simon Barnes.
Alex Brown writes in the The Age how Australia’s thinking for the Test squad didn’t get any clearer over the weekend.
Australia's record 196-run defeat by South Africa in Friday's one-day international in Cape Town provided little in the way of encouragement for on-duty selector Andrew Hilditch. And none of the fringe contenders playing Pura Cup has turned in stand-out performances, ensuring a difficult task for the national panel in naming a 14-man squad for the three-Test series against South Africa.
Although India thoroughly deserved their draw, England's spirited performance will have given the tourists enormous confidence for the rest of the series, writes Jonathan Agnew.
New Zealand have risen rapidly from No.7 to No.3 in the ICC one-day rankings but lack of ODIs leading up to the World Cup might affect them, feels Dylan Cleaver .
The travel writer, Simon Calder, dusted off his bat to take part in a very special cricket match , staged to help India's tigers Pads: what a tiger does, and what I strapped on
Pads: what a tiger does, and what I strapped on. It was my turn to bat. As I stepped up to the wicket, I hoped that the sun, and the opposition bowlers, would ease off a little on the heat
Chris Cairns reviews West Indies' performance in the ODI series in New Zealand and feels that the problem starts right at the top:
This West Indian cricket team currently seems like the geographical location of the Islands they represent - spread out, isolated and individual ... There has been talk of Shivnarine Chanderpaul's leadership but remember he doesn't choose to be captain - he is appointed. The appointment is wrong.
Two South Australians are needed to bolster the Test bowling stocks in South Africa in McGrath's absence, feels Darren Berry .