The Surfer

The IPL loses its lustre

After it started with a bang, the IPL, in its fourth season now, is having difficulty sustaining its early momentum when it burst forth with a TV-friendly format, cheerleaders and big salaries writes Shilpa Jamkhandikar on reuters.co.uk .

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

'The BCCI isn't arrogant'

The BCCI's chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty, in an interview with Firstpost.com , speaks of the rise of the BCCI, its decision to remain an independent entity not reliant on government grants, its current professional set-up and it's

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Will Bopara bag the No. 6 slot?

With the retirement of Paul Collingwood, the No.6 spot in England's Test batting line-up is up for grabs

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

The speech that set Sri Lanka free

The MCC has announced former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara as the speaker for its annual Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Barisal show signs of progress

In the Bangladesh newspaper Daily Star , Mohammad Isam reviews how Barisal fared in the National Cricket League

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Kirsten fits the bill for the SA job

It's important to look at what sort of coach South Africa need, rather than simply who the best coach on offer is, says Tristan Holme, writing in Cricket 365

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The upside of downturn

In the Telegraph , Nick Hoult explains how a recession in England and the financial clout of the IPL may actually be helping county cricket.

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Will Afridi go the Pietersen way?

In the National , Yasser Alvi likens the ongoing spat between Shahid Afridi and Waqar Younis, Pakistan's captain and coach respectively, to the one that occurred between England's Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores two years ago

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Don comments unfair on Gayle

West Indies may have won a Test match after two years but their off-field problems have not disappeared

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Why should cricketers be socialist in their leaning?

The ills of today's crass capitalism are far better than the gloomy days of cricket's past, says Ahmed Rizvi, writing in the National .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Excess replaces excitement

The first IPL had novelty and glitz on its side

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Warne was the fairytale the IPL needed

Shane Warne has finally called time on his professional cricket career with his annoucement that this would be his last year in the IPL

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

A rare victory in sight

Over three days of a tense, gripping, low-scoring opening Test, played out on a sub-standard surface a four-man bowling staff has given West Indies their best chance of victory for some time writes Tony Cozier in the Nation News

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Some sound decisions made

The International Cricket Council’s cricket committee met at Lord’s last week

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

'It's about being the best I can be'

England wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter talks about his reasons for turning down the Indian Premier League and how he is desperate to play for England after ironing out his flaws

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Cricket, diplomacy and hope

Sher Bano, a 17-year-old Pashtun girl from Pakistan who spent a year as an exchange student in the United States, has become a regular contributor to the New York Times blog, On the Ground , ever since she returned to Peshawar

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

From cricket to running

Former New Zealand opening batsman Mark Richardson tells Peter Thornton in the New Zealand Herald how he finds discipline in long-distance running and is now addicted to it.

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

A renaissance in sports documentaries?

Out of the Ashes , released last year, charted the rise of the Afghanistan cricket team

25-Feb-2013•Liam Brickhill

The Ashes hero whom time forgot

Stephen Brenkley recounts the story of England and Warwickshire bowler Frank Foster in the Independent , who was an England star 100 years ago but died penniless in a psychiatric hospital.

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

England's quest for No. 1 begins

England’s mission to rise to No 1 in the Test rankings by the end of the summer, restated recently as a priority by Andrew Strauss, has begun following a request that Middlesex play Saturday’s tour match against Sri Lanka at Uxbridge rather than

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

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