The Surfer

Dhoni needs to reconnect with his old self

Suresh Menon, writing for Cricketnext , says MS Dhoni's self-consciousness is not helping India and he needs to go back to being the positive captain he once was.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

'England must finish the job'

Four years ago, at Lord's, rain and MS Dhoni prevented England from taking a 1-0 lead in a series they went on to lose

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Test cricket or Talksport?

Martin Kelner, in the Guardian , wonders what will be the more attractive draw this summer - an epic battle featuring some of Test cricket's greatest names, or another Cesc Fábregas phone-in?

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Cricket comes to the Kashmir valley

While India’s eyes were locked on the IPL in April, an experiment was beginning in Kashmir that hoped to use cricket as way of healing some of the state’s wounds as well as identifying its talent – the army announced the idea of the Kashmir Premier

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Uncovering Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir is an intense, driven cricketer and someone who is unafraid to speak his mind, as he did when dedicating India’s World Cup win to the victims of the terrorist attack in November, 2008

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

The quiet significance of Rahul Dravid

Once again, Rahul Dravid was the last man standing for India, this time in the first Test against England at Lord’s, in the process racking up his 33rd Test hundred

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Broad's redemption

Under pressure to keep his place in the side, Stuart Broad stepped up to hand England the advantage by sticking to the method that fetched him so much success against Australia two years ago, writes David Lloyd in the Independent on Sunday .

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

India's original men in white

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, writing in Live Mint , looks backs on the first ‘Indian’ cricket team to tour abroad in 1911, which brought together different communities as a symbol of nationalism in pre-independent India.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Grafting Pietersen shows his maturity

Kevin Pietersen struggled initially as he made the slowest hundred of his career before opening out as he closed in on a double

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Trott sums up beauty of Test theatre

James Lawton, writing in the Independent , says Jonathan Trott may not have thrilled with his unbeaten half-century but in the context of the series, the knock could prove invaluable.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

The transformation of Botham

John Crace, in the Guardian , reviews the BBC documentary Botham: The Legend of '81 .

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Boycott, Vaughan and Steve Waugh on their top Tests

BBC 's Jonathan Agnew asks former England captains Geoffrey Boycott and Michael Vaughan, and former Australia captain Steve Waugh to nominate their greatest Test match of all time

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Nasser Hussain: Here comes explosive India

Ahead of the first England-India Test, Nasser Hussain, writing in the Daily Mail , does a quick check of the touring party, player by player.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Test cricket's heart must beat on

James Lawton, in the Independent , says those in charge of running the game must realise there is no long-term substitute for the enduring quality Tests have provided.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Angus Fraser: Tendulkar biggest name cricket has seen

With Sachin Tendulkar on the brink of a century of centuries, Angus Fraser, writing in the Independent , says while many players are capable of producing the occasional moment of brilliance, very few can sustain a level of performance that is

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

MS Dhoni: Things just fell into place for me

MS Dhoni enjoys the trappings of success, deservedly so, but remains rooted in the simple work ethic of his family, says Simon Briggs, in an interview with the India captain in the Daily Telegraph .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

'Learning curve was incomplete without an England tour'

Former cricketer Nari Contractor, who led India to a historic series victory against the English in the '60s, talks to DNA's Gautam Sheth on his experiences of playing in England.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

'Must make Test cricket a good product to watch'

Andrew Strauss, writing in the Daily Telegraph , says cricket lovers have to embrace other forms of the game and use them to introduce newcomers to Test cricket, while administrators need to look at the bigger picture and not just instant

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

New coach Rumesh could hone SL bowlers

SR Pathiravithana in Sri Lanka's Sunday Times , on the team's new interim coach, Rumesh Ratnayake, his cricket career and what he could offer the game in the island nation.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Can England-India replace the Ashes?

Is it time for England-India encounters to surpass the Ashes in importance

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

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