The Surfer
"It's simply a great victory
Ponting, you just keep your mouth shut and look back to what they did against you people in Cardiff last year and take a note of the latest one against Sri Lanka. And I would suggest everybody: Don't think you are going to play a warm-up game when you take on Bangladesh.
English and Indian schools are to link up to talk about cricket and learn about each other’s cultures as part of the Chance to Shine initiative
England A's warm-up win against an Antigua XI this week may not class as one of the most important results of the year, but it was a significant start for David Parsons, England's new spin bowling coach, as Gareth Batty, Alex Loudon and Jamie
I can tell you that in the six years I have been working for the ECB, I haven’t bowled a ball. I just don’t believe that it’s appropriate or necessary
Monty Panesar is to file six audio diaries for the BBC's Asian network during his tour with England in India
A fit and firing Simon Jones is key to England's attack argues Derek Pringle in today's Daily Telegraph .
Simon Jones' career trajectory may not be a smooth arc, following a run of serious injuries, but England rarely lose Tests when he is fit and firing down his skiddy swingers.
The felicitations will never end for Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Ranchi
The Jharkhand government on Thursday felicitated team India’s swashbuckling wicket keeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni and alloted him a free plot of land in a prime locality, while yoga guru Ramdev gave him some 'tips' to improve concentration.
Trevor Marshallsea reports in the Sydney Morning Herald about Moises Henriques, the boom New South Wales allrounder who is in the squad for the ING Cup final on Sunday.
The long-heralded emergence of the 19-year-old this summer has sparked the most excitement in NSW cricket since Michael Clarke started rising through the grades.
The pitch for the first Test against England at Nagpur is brown and bare with no trace of moisture, writes K Shriniwas Rao in The Indian Express
For good measure, the groundsmen have been asked to work on the pitch with a scarifier, a thin-bladed mower that cuts grass to the minimum and loosens the soil. If anymore grass (the little dry blades that are difficult to sight) is removed, it will only be pulled out along with the soil.
Geoffrey Dean argues that Ian Blackwell's fine innings - he also took several wickets - might well seal his place in the squad to face India for the first Test:
If England want balance to their team, Blackwell will make his debut in the first Test, which starts on March 1 in Nagpur. Duncan Fletcher, the England coach, praised Panesar’s performance, singling out his control, but to pick him as the only spinner in a five-man attack would mean Matthew Hoggard batting uncomfortably high at No 8.