The Surfer

Spot fixing and cricket

Every cricket-related betting or fixing scandal over the past decade has been different; it is not the same story being repeated over and over again, writes Ashok Malik on Yahoo

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Why the NOTW's sting was justified

In the Guardian , Roy Greenslade explains why he thinks the News of the World sting which led to the breaking of the spot-fixing controversy was justified.

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Cracks in Pakistan's class divide

Cricket has drawn Pakistani society together but now shows apparently disparate elements are more similar than people think, writes Osman Samiuddin for the Observer .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Go for the bigger fish

What happens next could finally rid the game of the spectre of corruption and prove that the International Cricket Council really are capable of running the world game strongly and efficiently, writes Nasser Hussain in the Daily Mail .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Where are you, Pakistan?

Osman Samiuddin, writing in the Crest , traces the history of some of the present problems afflicting Pakistan cricket to a pay dispute between the players and the board in 1976.

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Tale of the sting

The News of the World sting has turned the cricketing world upside down and made match fixing topic du jour once again

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Domestic cricket should be mandatory for India's stalwarts

India's top players should play more domestic cricket so that the juniors can learn from them, says Makarand Waingankar in the Hindu

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cricket feels burden of proof

With criminal convictions looking increasingly unlikely, the game's corruption unit will pick up the investigation into the Pakistan betting scandal, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

A chance for Pietersen to regain the swagger

Mike Selvey writes in the Guardian that while Kevin Pietersen's rapid descent "from Kensington Oval to Kennington Oval in the blink of an eye" is quite shocking, the county break will give him a chance to regain his swagger before the Ashes.

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

Sinister, extraordinary and heartbreaking

While there is an understandable desire for swift resolution, the complexity of the spot-fixing case and the need to get any punishments absolutely spot on means that the ICC must take its time here, writes Rob Smyth in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Kevin Pietersen's fall from grace is startling

"It would be tempting to present Kevin Pietersen’s omission from England’s one-day squad as a morality tale about how the mighty have fallen, as that is plainly how the man himself sees it," writes Derek Pringle in the Telegraph

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

A plea for clemency

If ever the players who have given statements to police are found guilty in court or by cricket authorities, I hope that the following is taken into account in the case of Mohammad Amir

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

‘We didn’t suspect anything’ - Ponting

Ricky Ponting, writing in the Australian , outlines Australia’s philosophy of trying to win every game.

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Cricket must put its house in order fast

The British press has expressed shock, disappointment, anger and a sense of betrayal over the Pakistan spot-fixing allegations

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

A tragedy for cricket

"Pakistan have been this way before — their Qayyum Inquiry into match-fixing was damning when it was published in the summer of 2000 — but that was in a time of peace in the country," writes Scyld Berry in the Telegraph on Sunday after

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

New Zealand gained little from tri-series

New Zealand got very little out of the tri-series in Sri Lanka; all they got was knocked out in inglorious fashion, writes Mark Richardson in the Herald on Sunday .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Lots of needling but the compass points North

Marcus North, in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald , talks about the immense scrutiny that playing Test cricket brings, making a century on debut, working on his bowling and competition from young players.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Do Indian cricketers smile at all anymore?

Santosh Desai, writing in the Times of India , examines some of the reasons that may have contributed to what he says is an "unhappy form of arrogance" on the part of Indian cricketers in recent times.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Welcome to real Test cricket

I've heard a lot of chat this summer from some of the more experienced [England] players about how much the ball is doing and how hard it has been for batting

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Richard Woods' '5IVES' proposal could change ODIs forever

Neil Manthorp, writing for supersport.com , has had enough of one-day cricket in its current form and feels that all attempts to arrest its declining popularity have failed

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

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