The Surfer
Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald how Australia missed their chance in Perth by not picking Stuart MacGill
Between them, Cricket Australia and curators must ensure that Australians can resume playing in their traditional way, with bumpers, leg-breaks, hooks, gum, footwork, zinc cream, sprigs, Jim Maxwell, deaf and blind umpires, cuts and beer.
The Ganguly-Greg soap opera can still have a happy ending if Sourav scores runs once again, writes Harsha Bhogle .
Rohit Brijnath celebrates Sachin Tendulkar's consistency:
India is not what it was since Tendulkar took his initial Test stance ... It is an India unrecognisable from 1989. But he is the same. He is an adult, he is a father, he is a husband, of course, but he is still unspoilt, still honourable, still self-effacing. He is an advertisement for the best in sport.
The Surfer stumbled upon an interesting piece that talks about Brian Jerling, the South African umpire, being involved in a storm with the Dolphins side in the domestic competition.
Brad Hodge prepares for the biggest day of his life on Monday – a home Test at the MCG
If that was the best Australia could do against a South African team minus Jaques Kallis, then I'm afraid we are going to struggle against England next summer if selectors allow things to drift in the same direction.
Muralidharan K explains an interesting theory on the relation between the dew, pitch and roller.
Conventional wisdom says the most number of wickets fall on the fourth and fifth days of a Test. But here at the Motera, that happened on the second and third day.
Ricky Ponting's captaincy is again under the spotlight after South Africa batted through the final day at Perth to secure a draw
At the moment he is finding it hard to believe the umpires always have the last word. Whether this is a commentary on his state of mind only those in his inner circle will know.
England need to address the vacancy left by bowling coach Troy Cooley, writes Mike Selvey, but looking to Darren Gough for answers may be a mistake.
Richie Benaud reckons Shane Warne could, and should, stay on playing until the 2009 Ashes series in England :
He told BBC Test Match Special: "I was talking to him the other day and said to him 'You can do this'.