The Surfer

The Harris Shield is an inter-school cricket tournament, which has been held in Mumbai since 1897

The elevation of Burt Cockley to the Australian ODI squad after only four one-dayers for his state is not necessarily a mistake, writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald

Jonathan Trott has been in the news lately for reasons he will eagerly wish be doused by runs from his bat

Ahead of the opening round of the Plunket Shield, Jonathan Millmow in the Dominion Post runs his eye over the six teams and speaks to the captains about the upcoming season as a whole.

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald that in a supposedly packed marketplace where cricket is trying to hold its own, it is doing itself a major disservice with unnecessary rain delays

In the New Zealand Herald , Dylan Cleaver writes that New Zealand's dismal display against Pakistan wasn't due to their coaching situation.

In the Guardian Mike Selvey tells the tale of James Seymour, a Kent cricketer of the early 20th century

In the Guardian Andy Bull defends England's South African imports a week after Michael Vaughan questioned Cape Town-born Johnathan Trott's loyalty

South Africa will start as favourites for the Test series against England but they have two issues to address before the series begins

Anand Vasu writes in the Hindustan Times about how the IPL and the Twenty20 boom has changed the priorities of the upcoming generation of Indian cricketers

Suresh Menon writes on Dreamcricket that the pressure of bowling dot balls in Twenty20s has reduced the effectiveness of two of India's premier bowlers, Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma

‘If it doesn’t swing,’ Andy Flower said, ‘we can still win the series

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald that Chris Gayle does not deserve to be captain of the West Indies squad heading to Australia.

Geoff Longley writes in the Press that New Zealand should give John Wright a trial run as coach during the upcoming home series against Pakistan.

It is just under a thousand days until London's Olympic 80,000-seat stadium becomes filled for purpose, but what of the many thousands after that

Everything Lalit Modi does makes news

Graeme Swann has more than 16,000 followers on Twitter, the internet's latest social networking craze, another ideal platform for his student-union wit and waspish humour

The emergence of Umar Akmal as an exciting middle order batsman has all but bolted the door on Misbah-ul-Haq

Brendon McCullum has recently been stripped of his New Zealand vice-captaincy