The Surfer

History dictates we give Prior the benefit of the doubt

The footnotes of sporting history are laden with seemingly absurd excuses that might in fact be the plain truth, says Matthew Norman, writing in the Daily Telegraph .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

I welcome matured criticism - Yuvraj

Yuvraj Singh's - the player of the tournament in India's recent World Cup triumph - story is about resonance of success even though his mistakes continue to haunt him

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Hooper, a charmer at the crease

S Dinakar, writing in the Hindu , catches up with Carl Hooper and relives his classy brand of batsmanship.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Jamie Siddons on life after Bangladesh

Former Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons - who has been put in charge of New Zealand domestic side Wellington - talks to Mark Getty, writing in Stuff.co.nz , about living the comfortable life in Bangladesh and taking the team forward, among other

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Gooch's finest hour

On June 10, 1991 England completed their first Test win at home over West Indies in 22 years with a 115 run-win at Headingley

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Bell over Cook for England captain?

A line of succession has been seemingly ordained in English cricket, observes Stephen Brenkley in the Independent : Andrew Strauss is the Test captain and when he abdicates, the job will pass on to Alastair Cook, with Stuart Broad the next

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Depression in cricket

Michael Vaughan leads a two-hour discussion on BBC radio on stress-related illness in cricket, examining what causes it and what the game can do to reduce its prevalence

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Scrutiny must fall on Hilditch

In the Australian , Peter Lalor argues that Andrew Hilditch and his selection panel must be held accountable for their decisions over the past few years, including the axing of Simon Katich

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Is the tag of 'England's best-ever team' attainable?

Andrew Strauss has big aspirations for his men but the Lord's Test exposed a lack of ruthlessness, says Stephen Brenkley, writing in the Independent .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Bell: the little batsman who does

Ian Bell's contributions are often overlooked, but according to Andy Bull in the Guardian , no player does more than Bell to adapt his batting style to suit the needs of the England team.

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

What happened to form-based selection?

Simon Katich's axing from Cricket Australia's contract list has sparked plenty of debate

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

'Sledging me is a waste of time' - Azhar Ali

Since he made his debut for Pakistan last summer, 25-year-old Azhar Ali has impressed many with his technique, ability and temperament

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Let's not make too much out of 'Windowgate'

Nasser Hussain, writing for the Daily Mail , says Matt Prior's tantrum that resulted in a shattered glass window at Lord's, is the kind of thing that happens all the time in cricket

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

Fifty-over or 40-over cricket?

In the Daily Telegraph Steve James says that while Cricket Australia seem to be on the right track as they are likely to reconsider the split-innings experiment and instead revert to 50-over cricket for the Australian state cricketers, what is

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Pakistan needs the right hand on the tiller

Tracking the latest fallout between Shahid Afridi and the PCB, Dileep Premachandran writes that there will be those that say Afridi spoke out of turn, that he has always lacked tact

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

The right man to steer South Africa

Writing on supersport.com Kepler Wessels says that South Africa are in safe hands with Gary Kirsten at the helm

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Problems for Strauss, Broad

Everyone talks about Kevin Pietersen and his problems against slow left-armers but following Andrew Strauss' dismissal to Welegedara in the second innings at Lord's, Nasser Hussain in the Daily Mail reckons the England captain has clearly got an

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Dilshan the tease torments England

Tillakaratne Dilshan puts bowlers in a quandary, observes Simon Hughes in the Daily Telegraph

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Time for Raina to prove his worth

Gautam Gambhir’s injury has given Suresh Raina the reins of India’s one-day side

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Anderson is being missed

England's bowlers have struggled for rhythm at Lord's and David Lloyd believes that there is no doubt that they are missing James Anderson's expertise as a swing and seam bowler

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

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