Commentary

Members of the Indian cricket communities around the cricketing world continue to press ahead , writes Peter Roebuck in the Witness .

India shining

Why the allocation of the 2019 World Cup to England and Wales should be a cause for back-slapping and declarations of how much it shows us to be in the vanguard of the global game beats me, writes Mike Selvey in The Guardian .

Nothing to shout about

If you really want to get up Makhaya Ntini's nose, try talking to him about being a role model for his country's budding young athletes, writes Richard Boock in The Herald on Sunday .

Ntini dismisses 'model' talk

Burnout is fast becoming the hottest topic in cricket

The burnout issue

Peter Roebuck feels that the Centurion Test between South Africa and New Zealand showed what a pampered lot modern-day batsmen are

Today's batsmen - a pampered lot

Here's what Sunil Gavaskar had to say on the player burn-out issue

Gavaskar likes the heat now that he has left it

Ponting's genius fails to obscure cracks in batting , writes Chloe Saltau in the Age .

Cracks in batting

Marcus Trescothick's mystery virus explanation was so ham-fisted you could have boiled it up, served it with mash and called it Eisbein, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

The curious case of the mystery virus

As a vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it could be argued that Lalit Modi is the most important cricket administrator in the world today, writes Michael Atherton in the Sunday Telegraph .

Masterminding India's billion dollar bonanza

This day, 104 years ago, a six-hitter is born

Harold Pinter's tribute to Arthur Wellard

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.

Contrast swing and why Mehta matters

Certain pressmen Down Under have hailed Australia's win in the first Test in South Africa as a sign that the team is back to its dynamic best

What is Australia's future?

Warne likes to raise the stakes

Warne bowls better when he is in danger

This day, 25 years ago, Geoff Boycott was at the receiving end of perhaps the greatest over ever bowled

Six reasons not to become an opener

Mark Waugh believes the limited-overs game has increasingly become very predictable and lopsided and has suggested some changes to make them more interesting.

Mark Waugh: Revamp of the one-day game must happen now

Peter Roebuck wonders about the plethora of left-hand batsmen around the world and suggests a change in lbw rule

Lefties are taking over at the crease

Against bowlers of pace you can play with controlled aggression, for their sheer pace means you don't have to go hard at the ball

Skidding they come

Twenty-over cricket is here to stay

A comedy show

IS over-appealing leading to the spate of very poor umpiring decisions in international matches over the last 12 months

Targeting the umpires