The Surfer

Barney Ronay, in the Guardian , pays a unique tribute to Sachin Tendulkar - copying his signature wristy flick for a strike-rotating single while playing air-cricket, with an imaginary bat and ball.

Copying Tendulkar in air-cricket

India's young batsmen face many questions regarding their dedication, adaptability and ability to play a long innings

Cheteshwar Pujara passes the test

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Bradman first, Sachin second

Ron Reed writes in the Herald Sun that there is now no doubt that Sachin Tendulkar is the game’s second-best cricketer of all-time.

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Time for Ijaz Butt to go

The News in Pakistan, has criticised PCB chairman Ijaz Butt for his failure to appear before the parliamentary committee on sports

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Bittersweet October for young Pujara

October 9, 2005 was a tragic day for Cheteshwar Pujara, a day his mother lost her battle with cancer

David Lloyd, writing in the Independent , says Australia's 0-2 defeat at the hands of India lends strength to the theory that Ricky Ponting's team is one on the decline than one in transition

Australia on the slide

In his six-hour association with Sachin Tendulkar, M Vijay, who was five when his partner made his Test debut, probably learnt more about batsmanship, about Test cricket itself than in all his previous matches put together, and you cannot put a price

Batting with Sachin can be a double whammy

An editorial in the Mint says the BCCI's expulsion of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab from the IPL will result in investors withdrawing by way of sponsorship and spectator scepticism.

Throwing out the baby with the bath water

Ricky Ponting entered to jeers and departed to cheers on the first day of the Bangalore Test

Ponting deserves better

In the Australian , Peter Lalor describes how the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, like every other venue in India, erupts whenever Sachin Tendulkar walks out with bat in hand.

What is the sound of one man batting?

Pakistan cricket remains mired in this seemingly endless things-getting-worse phase as people at the helm of Pakistan's cricket affairs continue committing the same mistakes again and again writes Khalid Hussain in the News

Shattered hopes

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

'This is why I love Tests' - Ponting

Ricky Ponting, in the Australian , reflects on his team's loss in a nail-biter against India in Mohali, one that yet again deprived him of a Test win in the country as captain.

"Tendulkar loves the game

The secret to Sachin's success

The only Australia captain to have lost two Ashes series, though those campaigns sandwiched a 5-0 win at home; the only captain since Clive Lloyd to oversee two World Cup wins; a witness to some of Australia's most heart-breaking defeats, from

Ponting has seen it all

Ten years have passed since the epochal Kolkata Test, but little has changed when India clash with Australia - VVS Laxman is still at it, as have Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble been at various points in India's decade of excellence in

Indian cricket's golden generation

Barely a handful of people turned out to watch the classic that unfolded in Mohali, bar the final day when the stands filled

BCCI to blame for poor Test turn-outs

Leave out Shane Watson's fruitful run at the top and England become favourites to win the Ashes, writes Lawrence Booth in the Wisden Cricketer

Watson papers over Australia's batting cracks

In the Hindustan Times , Anand Vasu pays tribute to VVS Laxman after his match-winning knock in the nail-biter against Australia

The joy of giving, VVS style