The Surfer

Sri Lanka without Muttiah Muralitharan are like Queen without Freddie Mercury, Mike Selvey writes in the Guardian

Mendis has been decoded

In the Age , Adrian Proszenko, who watched Shane Warne play his first Test in Sydney in 1991-92, says he'll miss Warne the man just as much as Warne the cricketer following his retirement from all competitive cricket.

Warne will never wear thin

Gautam Gambhir’s injury and late exclusion from the ODI team to the Caribbean, a team he was going to captain, has led to much hand wringing over players choosing to play in the IPL at the expense of international cricket

It is the player's choice

Friend and former team-mate Ashley Mallett pays tribute to Terry Jenner in the Sunday Herald Sun .

'So long, TJ'

While England might not miss Paul Collingwood's runs this summer, they need to find someone to take those flying catches in the slips, and to bowl occasionally rewarding medium-pace, says David Lloyd in the Independent

England missed Collingwood the bowler and the slip fielder

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

England's run machines

Watching Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott bat on a wet day, in a Test headed for a draw, may not be the most exciting in the world, but while they may not always put bums on seats, you can't neglect how effective the pair have been for England, Tom

Uday Gharat became an official scorer at the Mumbai Cricket Association during the 1990-91 season and since then has recorded over two hundred Indian domestic games, as well as 30 ODIs and 9 Tests

A scorer's mentality

James Anderson's injury could pave the way for Graham Onions to play his first Test in over a year, David Lloyd says in the Independent

Onions could make comeback

Stuart Broad has had a rough last few months

Was Broad brought back too soon?

Gautam Gambhir's shoulder injury, aggravated by playing in the IPL, is evidence of a problem that goes beyond the country versus franchise debate, according to Firstpost.com's Ashish Magotra

How can you blame Gambhir?

West Indian cricket is not helped by the fact that Caribbean pitches recently tend to be skewed in favour of the visitors' skills, says Alan Harris, writing in the Barbados Advocate .

Caribbean pitches have to change

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

England begin fresh cycle

The first Test against Sri Lanka in Cardiff is England's first step towards achieving the No.1 ranking in Tests

Makarand Waingankar, in the Hindu , laments the decline of Hyderabad cricket

Where has talent in Hyderabad disappeared?

Paul Newman speaks to Surrey's Richard Thompson, who, at 43, is the youngest chairman in county history

Surrey's youth policy starts at the top

Iqbal Abdulla has been one of the finds of the 2011 IPL

Kolkata Knight Riders' go-to-man

Has the IPL taken cricketainment too far

Time to press the mute button

Chloe Saltau in the Age remembers Terry Jenner, who has died at 66, as a fierce defender of spin bowlers.

TJ devoted to his fellow spinners

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

The jury is out on KP yet again

Evidence to prove Kevin Pietersen is in good form is sketchy

Cricket can be a dangerous sport, but no one prospered through reckless courage and obduracy against intimidatory bowling quite like Mohinder Amarnath, writes Robert Bagchi in the Guardian .

Amarnath's bravery a lesson for world cricket