The Surfer

Arun Pandey, the founder president of RSPL, the company that has inked a record-breaking endorsement deal with MS Dhoni, is a former first-class spinner who used to trouble the India captain in the nets, and his very close friend

The man behind MS Dhoni's deal

Robert Craddock, writing in The Sunday Mail , discusses Ricky Ponting’s age – and his future.

Ricky Ponting is 35 and counting

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Baseball makes its mark on cricket

Cricket and baseball have long had a complicated relationship

Steve James of the Daily Telegraph doesn't rate Shahid Afridi highly as a Test cricketer, and welcomes the Pakistan captain's decision to end his Test career

Afridi's only sensible decision

Franchise Twenty20 cricket seems closer than ever in England after this season had smaller crowds due to a bloated fixture list, high prices and lack of star names, writes Will Hawkes in the Independent

Time to rethink England domestic Twenty20

Lalit Modi was rarely away from television cameras or the front pages when the IPL was on, but now that he's embroiled in a huge controversy, he's hardly seen

Paging Lalit Modi

In an in-depth interview with Abdul Habib from cricistan.com , David Dwyer, Pakistan's fitness trainer, talks about the lack of a properly structured and competitive junior programme in Pakistan cricket and the need for consistency in personnel;

'Pakistan needs proper junior structure' - David Dwyer

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Dhoni, symbol of new India

In Back Page Lead , Sharda Ugra analyses the rise of MS Dhoni the cricketer and the brand, which resulted in a US$42m two-year deal last week

The composition of the Indian and Pakistani Test sides are a study in contrasts

Neighbour's envy, owner's pride

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Cricket and baseball find common ground

The Lord's pavilion is hosting an unusual exhibition - one which celebrates the similarities and differences between cricket and baseball - two sports that have for long been disparaged by fans of the other

Vithushan Ethantharajah of sport.co.uk indulges Kevin Pietersen in a free-wheeling interview that deals with unsolicited 'rotation', non-existent Twenty20 freelancers, and criticism from the man he displaced from the England side - Graham Thorpe.

Kevin Pietersen opens up

Sportsmen of all stripes tend to spout platitudes to the press

Strauss and Flower's greatest achievement

In his Yahoo column, Graham Thorpe is startled by the decline of James Anderson's stocks, from being touted as the leader of the England attack to losing his Twenty20 spot and being 'rotated' out of the Bangladesh series.

What ails Anderson the leader

When Ian Bell limped out to bat as the last man standing between Bangladesh and a first ever win over England, he joined a long line of injured warriors who have put their country before their body

Bell's another case of foolhardy courage

While it's common in football to have celebrity match-ups and marriages, the WAGs trend is not quite the same as far as India's cricketers are concerned

What do Indian players look for in women?

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Robert Hudson: creator of BBC's Test Match Special

BBC Radio was the first broadcaster to cover every ball of a Test match when it launched its Test Match Special in 1957

Ireland barely broke a sweat in retaining its ICC’s world league Division One championship against Scotland on Saturday

Ireland is ready to move on up