The Surfer

Stuart Broad may be England's new one-day captain but he remains wicketless after the first three games against Sri Lanka, continuing his struggles to take regular wickets in recent times

Dropping Stuart Board would do him good

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Mumbai needs to regain lost pride

Mumbai was once the undisputed powerhouse of Indian domestic cricket

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Has ego taken precedence?

Allegations that India is failing to take a leadership role in world cricket are partially true writes Ayaz Memon in the Times of India

In the Trinidad Express , Fazeer Mohammed says Chris Gayle's call for Caricom leaders to intervene in his stand-off with the WICB will be answered only with talk and no action

Gayle situation just distracts from real problems

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Should Harbhajan give up shorter formats?

Though he is close to reaching the 400 Test wickets milestone, Harbhajan Singh's effectiveness in the longer format has come under scrutiny in recent times

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

R.I.P. Mr. Runner

When the ICC pulled the plug on the use of runners last week, a unique cricketing character breathed his last writes Sandeep Dwivedi in the Indian Express

Aditya Iyer reviews Jonathan Smith's book, The Following Game in the Indian Express

<i>The Following Game</i>: A piece of rare cricket literature

The Independent 's Amol Rahan takes a close look at Ramnaresh Sarwan's astonishing decline in form, leading to his axing for the third Test against India

An extraordinary decline

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

Botham's Ashes: The myths and the legends

Mike Brearley, the former England captain, in the Observer , looks back at one of the greatest Test series of all time, 30 years on.

Alastair Cook, England's ODI captain, has come in for criticism for his style of play in the shorter format and some of that has been unfair, writes Stephen Brenkley in the Independent on Sunday

Can Cook confound his critics?

Vic Marks, in the Observer , questions the ICC's decision to do a U-turn on its decision to cut the number of teams in the 2015 World Cup

Has the ICC taken a backward step?

Ravi Rampaul is a fine example of how one should go about resurrecting a cricketing career, says Ian Bishop, writing in Mid-Day , while tracing the fast bowler's story.

Bishop: Rampaul's story is a tribute to perseverance

David Hopps, in the Guardian , pays tribute to Martin Searby, the former Times and Daily Telegraph sports writer and journalist, who passed away at the age of 72.

'One of the most truculent cricket writers'

Matthew Hoggard says doing away with the runner rule does limit the opportunity for "comedy cock-ups" and wonders why nightwatchmen - he was one during his time - haven't been banned either

Why not ban the nightwatchman?

Opening the bowling alongside Kapil Dev, in his all-time India XI, would be Zaheer Khan, says Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in his blog

Javagal Srinath: crucial to the Indian fast bowling story

Runners provided some of the most quirky and comic moments on the cricket field but the suspicions of abuse may have prompted the ICC to ban them, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

Batsmen must stand alone now

The Indian legend's brief spell wearing the White Rose in 1992 ushered in a new era at Headingley, says Rob Bagchi, writing in the Guardian .

Tendulkar's Yorkshire connection

In the last couple of years England has grown into a strong side, driven on by a smiling captain who understands sportsmen, by a coach whose solemn face camouflages an active brain and with talent to spare, writes Ted Corbett in the Sportstar .

Can the new England rule?

In the Sportstar Ted Corbett relives the time when men like John Arlott, Brian Johnstone, Alan McGilvray and Don Mosey were giving cricket its worth, explaining the game to the uninitiated, and offering as fair a verdict on its rights and wrongs

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