The Surfer

The writing was on the wall for Australia even before the team's defeat in a determined performance against India in the quarter-final in Ahmedabad, writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald .

Fighting exit can't mask Australia's flawed campaign

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Yardy's depression exacerbated by life on the road

In the Guardian , Mike Selvey says Michael Yardy "will not be the last England player to leave a tour early for the sake of his mental health."

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan revisits 2000 and recounts a quarter-final in which a much younger Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan knocked out Australia in Nairobi

India's Y and Z axes

In the Independent , Angus Fraser pays tribute to Fred Titmus, the former Middlesex and England allrounder, who died on Wednesday at the age of 78.

Titmus's longevity a tribute to cricket

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Trouble at t'mill for Yorkshire

The new county season is just weeks away, but the mood up at Yorkshire is fractious to say the least

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Miller

Time for Collingwood to bow out

Stephen Brenkley, writing in the Independent , says Paul Collingwood, with his place in the one-day side uncertain, and a knee problem, should call it a day.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Focus on veterans in Motera clash

One of either Sachin Tendulkar or Ricky Ponting will play his last World Cup game in Ahmedabad

New Zealand's quarter-final against South Africa will come to define not only their World Cup campaign, but also Daniel Vettori's reign as his country's leader in ODIs as he is step down from the limited-overs captaincy after the tournament, writes

Vettori's time of reckoning

Muttiah Muralitharan is not the mystery bowler he was when England took on Sri Lanka in the World Cup quarter-final in 1996, says Dominic Cork – who was a part of that World Cup squad – writing in the Independent

England equipped to take on Sri Lanka

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

A life with cricket

From writing an essay in the sixth grade inspired by Pakistan's semi-final loss in the 1987 World Cup, to covering Pakistan cricket, Osman Samiuddin, writing in the magazine Tehelka , tracks how cricket became more than just a sport to him.

Andrew Strauss's team have shown an indomitable spirit forged by their ruthless and resourceful coach, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

World Cup peak in England's reach

For too long Bangladesh had rewarded mediocrity, says Shakil Kasem, writing in the Daily Star

Back to the drawing board for Bangladesh

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

A match too far for England?

Writing in the Guardian , Mike Selvey assesses the action in the World Cup so far and takes a look at the quarter-finalists.

There is more to life than a century of centuries, writes Suresh Menon in DNA .

What if Sachin Tendulkar fancies 99?

If the selectors omit Cameron White for the quarter-final against India on Thursday, this may bring his international career to an abrupt halt

White needs heavy remedial work on technique

Australia finished third in Group B as a result of their defeat against Pakistan in their final group clash in Colombo on Saturday

Australia show their true colours

According to a report in the Courier Mail , a research produced at a Cricket Australia conference shows that cricket is under siege at junior level: seven out of 10 Australian children have no interest in the sport

Cricket's gloomy future?

There are eight players of Indian origin in Canada's World Cup squad, and though they acknowledge their roots and close connection to the country, they are Canadians first and embrace the multicultural identity of the team, that also includes

Multicultural Canada's Indian connection

John Hastings has yet to play a game for Australia in the World Cup, but Jesse Hogan, writing in the Herald on Sunday says that this has not dampened the enthusiasm of the youngest member of Australia's World Cup squad

Hastings waits in the wings