The Surfer
Quality allrounders are difficult to keep quiet and Shane Watson has been gaining plenty of attention this month
Geoffrey Dean reports on how Grenada has battled to recover from the destruction inflicted by Hurricane Ivan ...
The once billiard table-smooth playing area is now a bumpy field, grass knee-high in most places, with bushes and plants growing even taller
As Zimbabwe cricket seems hell-bent on self-destruction, even the local media, who operate under strict controls, have had enough
Whereas Zimbabwe's pride has been shredded on the field of play, it's the off-field politics that threaten the future of the game ... the future of Zimbabwe's game is under siege from smart hooliganism. People whose thinly veiled agenda is to sate their egos at the expense of the game have sabotaged Zimbabwe's cricket.
Peter Roebuck, the Sydney Morning Herald columnist, spends a day out at Bankstown in Sydney’s western suburbs looking at South Australia’s Jason Gillespie
England embark on their tour of Pakistan on Wednesday
Steve Waugh’s autobiography was launched on Sunday and his yarns are already smothering tables throughout the country
Matthew Hoggard reveals the secret to a successful marriage, and the contents of his kit bag, as he prepares for his trip to Pakistan with England:
Another bag contains the essentials for life lived out of a suitcase: the DVDs, the PlayStation and the books. I’ve also sneaked in a few little home comforts and nibbles that could come in handy, such as chocolate, Pot Noodles and Super Noodles, the sort of things you can rustle up in a minute in your hotel room and remind you of home at the same time. These little extras can help the time to fly by while you’re away.
I suppose it was inevitable
Harold Larwood’s main weapon of the Bodyline tour was the ball, but a bat he used in the infamous 1932-33 series has sold at auction in England for £5200
Dealing with stroppy twelfth men and prima-donnas at the breakfast table, and putting up with Michael Vaughan hanging around with his kit-bag, just in case
