The Surfer

Bopara's bold stand deserves to be rewarded

Ravi Bopara has shown his class by jettisoning the gold of the IPL to have a chance to push for a Test spot

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Plunket Shield team of the year

TVNZ's Max Bania takes a look at how the Plunket Shield players fared this season, and puts together his 'Team of the Year'.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The birth of belief

India's cricketers and fans have crossed an important psychological barrier, says Suresh Menon, writing in Tehelka

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

IPL, the perfect relaxant post-World Cup

After the 28-year wait it's only natural that India's World Cup triumph will leave a lasting legacy in the cricket-crazy country says Boria Majumdar, writing in the Times of India

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Alastair Cook unplugged

England's Ashes hero Alastair Cook in conversation with David Lloyd, writing in the Independent , on darts, helping out on the farm, the secret of batting and whether he expects to be the next England captain.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

India's small-town wonders

MS Dhoni exemplifies the confidence of the small-town Indian says Rohit Mahajan, writing in Outlook India

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The money game

The World Cup may be over, but the financial gains keep pouring in says Archna Shukla, writing in the Indian Express .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

When cricket goes from sport to spectacle

Does cricket-crazy India celebrate the sport or the victory of glamour and money, asks Ashoak Upadhyay, writing in Business Line

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Pick a leader quickly, please

Why New Zealand's appointment of a new captain is creating such angst and has to go through such an excruciating due process is anyone's guess, says Paul Lewis, writing in the New Zealand Herald .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Twenty20 needs a different spin

The recent emergence of the Twenty20 game has confronted traditional cricket with the equivalent of a reverse swinging yorker, writes Greg Dyer in the Sunday Herald

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

IPL and County Championship complement each other

Barney Ronay, writing in the Guardian , says the IPL and the County Championship, two contrasting tournaments of two different formats, will give fans - who can consider both to be mutually beneficial - an opportunity to enjoy them in tandem.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Cricket in deep trouble

Peter Roebuck, writing in the Hindu , says cricket is in a terminal state of decay, following revelations in Malcolm Speed's autobiography, instances of corruption and the exclusion of Associates from the next World Cup.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Dhoni's unseen qualities

MS Dhoni brings a lot to the team as a batsman, as the World Cup final proved, and he is also blessed with a talented team, but it is his savvy decisions and ability to stay calm that has ensured his name has gone up in the pantheon of Indian greats,

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Paul Nixon marches on

At 40, Paul Nixon is the third-oldest cricketer on the county circuit, but despite undergoing a fifth knee operation just two weeks ago, the veteran gloveman shows no sign of discomfort says Justin Goulding, writing for the ECB website .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Dhoni meets India's need for strong leaders

Indian cricket has rarely had a true leader says Rajdeep Sardesai, writing in CNN-IBN blogs , with royalty dominating the role in the early years

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The county season is here

Celebrating the start of the county season in England, Dominic Cork in the Independent writes that while there are quite a few people who are quick to knock county cricket, he believes that the standard is as good as it ever was in his time, even

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Why Ireland's World Cup plans are on hold

The exclusion of the associate countries for 2015 was down to TV money and turkeys understandably not voting for Christmas writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Bring on the T20 jamboree

What will the fourth season of the IPL bring, asks Andy Wilson in the Guardian

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Don't ask cricketers political questions

Shahid Afridi may have lost a large chunk of his fan-following in India after his comments on the Indian media

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

World Cup passion in pictures

Cricket transcends sport to become a deeply felt expression of culture

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

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