The Surfer

Talent, and not stars, will make IPL a success

With murmurs about West Indian great Brian Lara returning for the next season of the IPL, Ayaz Memon writes in his blog in the Daily Telegraph that while star-power was essential when the IPL was launched in 2008, it is no longer the case with

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

New Zealand keep the faith

In the New Zealand Herald , David Leggat analyses the team the selectors have picked for the Trans-Tasman trophy against Australia.

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

McCullum able to earn keep with bat

It looks like it is a case of when, not if, Brendon McCullum relinquishes the keeping gloves in Twenty20 and ODIs, and I think it will be a good thing, writes Mark Richardson in the Herald on Sunday .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

IPL points to a bleak future for cricket

The Indian Premier League's market-targeted speed brings a depressing echo of the age

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

The price is right

This year's Twenty20 World Cup gives the ICC a chance to put the things right it got so horribly wrong in 2007, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Rating the IPL captains

In the Times of India , Imran Khan gives his views on each of the eight IPL captains

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

'Bushranger' Blignaut looks for fresh start

One of Zimbabwe's most colourful allrounders, Andy Blignaut, is back from exile and appears hungry to get back into the national fold as soon as possible

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Fletcher believes Pietersen will bounce back

Kevin Pietersen’s recent loss of form and travails against left-arm spin have been well documented, but Duncan Fletcher, the former England coach, writes in his Guardian blog that he believes the batsman has the necessary reserves to meet his

25-Feb-2013•Liam Brickhill

Crackdown concerns in Pakistan

While the motives behind the decisions to hand out bans to the Pakistan players are laudable, the haphazard manner in which they are likely to be carried out could see Pakistani cricket sink deeper into the quagmire

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

The beauty of IPL is the unpredictability

In an interview to Mint , a business paper, Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner, Jay Mehta, talks about choosing the wrong players in the first auction, how the team has attracted pan-India support and a slew of sponsors thank to having Bollywood

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Ravi Shastri's magnum opus

Ravi Shastri captured the imagination of millions of Indian fans when he turned in a performance befitting a Champion, to steer India to victory in the World Championship of Cricket in 1985

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

Failing to shed a tear for Clarke

The reason for Australia's vice-captain Michael Clarke for walking out on the tour of New Zealand, has disappointed Chris Rattue and in the New Zealand Herald , the writer wonders whether the batsman would have quit an Ashes series?

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Richly deserved?

The sport is big money in India, but this piece in the Economic Times believes it’s not quite cricket to prise such sums for new IPL franchises in a country where others sports house themselves in cowsheds and crumbling infrastructure.

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Clarke caught in no-man's land

Robert Craddock writes in the Courier-Mail that Michael Clarke's decision to fly home from New Zealand indicates that he is deeply distressed, and a break from the game might be his best option.

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

All out in the open

There was a time when being picked for India was a life-and-death issue

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Trott shows Pietersen how to make an impression

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

The momentous task ahead of Howard

Suresh Menon is of the opinion that John Howard's impending tenure as the ICC president from 2012 could be crucial to the evolution of the game

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

Tracing Dhoni

India captain MS Dhoni's rise to the top reflects the story of the rise of different layers of society, with cricket often anticipating that change

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

A few bright spots for Bangladesh

They may have been worn down by failure but Bangladesh's story is also one of individual achievement in the face of much hardship

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Beware the Bangladeshis

England's Test series against Bangladesh could prove dangerous, not because the hosts are good, but because they are bad

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

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