The Surfer

Parthiv Patel, who opened the batting for India in the recently-concluded ODI series against England looks back on the tour, talks about the way he prepared for it, and the road ahead for him

Just like the Hawker Hurricane aircraft was the unsung hero of the Battle of Britain during the second World War, Rahul Dravid will never be given enough credit for what he has done for Indian cricket, Sidin Vadukut writes on the new New York Times

Chris Cutmore profiles, and speaks to, England cricket's newest star Jonny Bairstow in the Daily Mail .

Peter Moores, the former England coach who oversaw Lancashire's rise to the top in the County Championship this season, reflects on his side's success and whether or not he would have done things differently when in charge of England, in an interview

A second shoulder surgery followed by the resultant rehabilitation has left India opener Virender Sehwag "very bored" and "missing cricket"

Ajinkya Rahane, who made his international debut during the ODI series in England, spoke to Devendra Pandey in the Indian Express about the experience of playing in England, and on what has changed for him in the last three weeks.

As West Indies arrive in England to play two "unwanted" Twenty20 matches, we are reminded of English cricket's "ill-advise" association with Allen Stanford some three years ago, writes Stephen Brenkley in the Independent .

Andrew Alderson, writing in the New Zealand Herald , says the scheduling of the upcoming New Zealand domestic season, with a 76 day gap between the rounds of the Plunket Shield, the four-day competition, doesn't augur well for those preparing for

Martin Crowe, 49, is going to make a comeback

Rahul Dravid’s recall to ODI and T20 during the England tour was an afterthought, a desperate move to squelch the English bowling attack and secure a bruised Indian team states an editorial in the Indian Express

Shahshank Manohar, who has been the President of the BCCI for the past three years, looks back at his tenure, as he prepares to step down from the post

While the 2011 tour of England will be remembered as one of Indian cricket’s lowest trough, the performances of Rahul Dravid — over all three formats — will remain the standout feature of the tour

Looking back at India's winless tour of England, David Frith in DNA writes that for all their lustrous batting line-up, and with their admirers looking nervously at the calendar, India need to find some bright new batsmen, and quickly

The Australia batting order presented in Colombo, with Shaun Marsh displacing Ricky Ponting at No

He made headlines by bowling the fastest ball ever recorded on Indian soil

India's boycott of the ICC awards ceremony more closely resembled a student protest than the conduct of mature sportsmen enriched by the game and obliged to promote its interests, writes Peter Roebuck in the Hindu .

Looking back at Jonny Bairstow's matchwinning 41 off 21 balls on international debut, that helped England win the final ODI against India, Jonathan Agnew on BBC Sport writes that Bairstow looked absolutely as if he belonged

Rahul Dravid is all set to make his final ODI appearance for India in the fifth ODI against England in Cardiff

The Guardian's Andy Wilson on Lancashire's long-awaited triumph in the county Championship.

Karthik Krishnaswamy in the Indian Express looks at the changing nature of radio commentary in India.