The Surfer

In his blog on the Dawn website, Ahsan Butt claims the Test series between Australia and Pakistan was won by Younis Khan

Right then, who owes who an apology?

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Desperately seeking Younis

Graeme Smith will in time be known as one of South Africa's best ever captains, believes Barry Richards, but come Thursday he has to overcome his own and his side's frustration at the feeling that the gods are against them

Smith must take risks to level series

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

The sons rise

A few familiar surnames stand out in the team sheets, ahead of the Under-19 World Cup

While it is known that Australia are not the world-dominant force they once were, England's cricketers and supporters might be surprised - and relieved - to see just how mortal their Ashes rivals are, writes Scyld Berry in the Sunday Telegraph .

Australia there for the taking

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Stargazing at the Ranji Trophy

It would have been wonderful to see a Sachin Tendulkar versus Rahul Dravid showdown in this year's Ranji Trophy final

Daniel Vettori, New Zealand's spin-bowling prodigy, was always destined for great things on the pitch says Matt Nippert in the Herald on Sunday

Vettori's steady rise from gangly to googly

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Pakistan will overcome the Sydney tragedy

Life has come a full circle for Pakistan’s cricket at Sydney

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

England gutsy, but need consistency

England's ability to snatch draws from the jaws of certain defeat has led Mike Selvey to appreciate their "cockroach-like resilience"

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

Third umpires should take call on tampering

In the Guardian , Duncan Fletcher calls for a change in the way suspected ball tampering is handled

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

SCG stands as ground for all occasions

The craft of Paul Collingwood

After yet another over-my-dead-body final day batting effort from Paul Collingwood, Michael Atherton - a man who has played some great match-saving innings himself - analyses in the Times just what makes Collingwood so special

Just weeks after being embarrassingly bowled leaving a Paul Harris delivery, Ian Bell has produced a scrapping innings that showed off his temperament and grit

Bell belies reputation for soft runs

South Africa have dominated two Tests in this series without managing to deliver results in either, and now need to win in Johannesburg to salvage it

Drop Paul Harris for final Test?

The ball-tampering allegations seemed to have blown over after South Africa did not lodge an official complaint before the deadline, but AB de Villiers has added more fuel to the fire

The ball-tampering row at Newlands

At some point very soon, either after this game or once the series is over, Andy Flower needs to sit down with Kevin Pietersen and work out what the future holds, writes Nasser Hussain in the Daily Mail .

What's the matter with Kevin?

After the heroics of the opening two days, the Pakistani hare looked around and suddenly found the Australian tortoise right behind him, writes Dileep Premachandran in the Guardian .

Questions over Yousuf's captaincy

There is no question that Test cricket has some important housekeeping to do

Tests still have power to thrill