The Surfer

Malcolm Conn says in the Australian the World Cup is still too long and remains cluttered with meaningless matches.

On November 15, Sachin Tendulkar will complete 20 years as an international player, having made his Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989

If you like cricket and no-holds-barred comedy, chances are you're a fan of The Twelfth Man

The side aspiring to be the best one-day team in the world has just been jolted - severely

The return of live Ashes coverage to terrestrial television after 2013 would cost the sport at least £120 million, English cricket officials will argue after a ten-month review of events reserved for free-to-air broadcasters

As England's biggest talent (and ego) arrives in South Africa, the Independent's Stephen Brenkley gauges the mood of the dressing room, from a side that won the Ashes without him

It is a great thing for cricket that Ricky Ponting is fighting for the game's traditions – retaining the sanctity of Test cricket - but it will prove an unwinnable fight

Brad Hodge, the Victoria batsman, has changed his approach this year, writes Peter Lalor in the Australian

The domestic summer of cricket kicks off on Tuesday morning with the first round of Plunket Shield matches

Sri Lanka have made six tours to India over the last 27 years, played 14 Tests, and are yet to win one

It's not just the players who are sick of giving interviews on excessive cricket

When Tendulkar first took guard in his country's colours, the Berlin Wall had just fallen, Nelson Mandela was behind bars, Allan Border was captaining Australia and India was a patronised country known for its dust, poverty, timid batsmen and other

He's not held a cricket bat on an international playing field for months now, but Kevin Pietersen has a lot of focus on him as England go into a highly anticipated series against South Africa

Hasn't the time come when this power of the players was reined in by their employers, or at least harnessed until there was some semblance of consistency about the team's results

Adrian Seconi of the Otago Times argues that in the absence of both a coach and a vice- captain, and having been vested with the powers of a selector, Daniel Vettori has too much control over New Zealand cricket

Sachin Tendulkar's Hyderabad epic brought back memories of the legendary Chennai Test in 1999 against Pakistan, when he fought cramps to take India so close to the finish line

The time is right for a World Test Championship, writes Mike Atherton in the Times

Greg Baum writes in the Age that the gurgling sound you might be able to hear is the strangling of the goose that laid the golden egg.

In the business paper Mint , Dileep Premachandran marvels at the longevity of Sachin Tendulkar, and writes that its Tendulkar's efforts against the best team over the past two decades, Australia, that make him peerless