The Surfer

Doug Bollinger will lead Australia’s attack against England in the NatWest Series and could wind up taking the new ball in the Ashes as well

Simplicity is the key to Bollinger's success

G Unnikrishnan, writing in the Deccan Herald , questions the wisdom in hosting the Asia Cup in Dambulla, which is not even among the designated venues for the 2011 World Cup

Asia Cup deserves more respect

James Anderson recently voiced his unhappiness over being rested for the tour of Bangladesh as well as not getting a game during England’s victorious ICC World T20 campaign

England need a settled Anderson

In his Hindustan times blog, Anand Vasu writes that the BCCI will do the Indian team a great favour by retaining Ranjib Biswal as the manager until the end of the World Cup - a break from the previous trend of appointing new managers for every

Team manager is a long-term role

With the World Cup around the corner, England's preparation is off the boil since they haven't played too many ODIs recently

Yardy could be central to England's plans

In the Hindu , K C Vijaya Kumar casts a worried look at India's fast-bowling stocks and says that unless they can find a spitfire attack, they will struggle in the World Cup.

Seam issues for India

The latest attempt to inject life into the one-day format comes courtesy of Cricket Australia and involves split-innings of 20 overs each

Split-innings are just a quick fix

On the eve of a new film about the sport that inspired a shattered nation - fittingly titled Out of the Ashes - Julius Cavendish of the Independent recounts the rise of the game, from Kabul.

How cricket fever swept Afghanistan

Umar Amin, one of the new faces in the Pakistan team for the Asia Cup, talks to Pakpassion.net about his journey so far, his idols, the Tendulkar bat presented by Shoaib and more.

'I still watch videos of Anwar on YouTube'

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Shoaibs get a chance to make amends

It's a chance to make amends for the two Shoaibs - Akhtar and Malik - who've been overshadowed by negative press in the recent past

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Back from the brink

From being "one innings away to the chop" to becoming England's most-capped ODI player, and later, only the third Englishman to captain a team of world champions, Paul Collingwood has come a long way

In his Hindustan Times blog, Anand Vasu contrasts the administration of the two most widely followed sports in the world - while officials take a backseat, letting on-field football action speak for itself, the BCCI goes the other way, creating a

Cricket can learn from football

In the Independent , Stephen Brenkley writes that despite the rise of Craig Kieswetter in the shorter formats, Matt Prior deserves the big gloves for the Ashes.

Matt Prior should be in the Test side

In the Hindu , Vijay Lokapally profiles local club cricket in Delhi and follows several top cricketers who turn out in the heat of the summer, be it to maintain ties with their origins, or to regain lost form.

Delhi's heroes sweat it out

Scyld Berry, in the Telegraph , reviews what the Friends Provident T20 has thrown up so far

Room for improvement in T20 tournament

Among the many wicketkeeping battles in English cricket is the ongoing one between Matt Prior and Craig Kieswetter

Prior must play the Ashes

In the Indian Express Sandeep Dwivedi traces the ups and downs in Yuvraj Singh's career leading to his ouster from the Indian team.

The man who turned cricket balls into lemons

Dave Houghton, Alistair Campbell, Heath Streak, Bryan Strang - names that took Zimbabwe to its zenith of cricketing achievement before political turmoil destroyed their establishment

Zimbabwe's road to redemption

Cricket Australia's decision to experiment with the split-innings one-day format next summer, with four innings of 20-25 overs each per match, is one that will have the support of Sachin Tendulkar, who had proposed such an idea last year

Australian plan has Tendulkar's backing