The Surfer

Tough and talented, South Africa have taken their inspiration from their captain to become the world's best Test team

Smith's work ethic guarantees England a test

Adam Gilchrist is not just worried about how the amount of cricket is affecting the players but also the fans, Peter Lalor reports in the Australian .

Too much cricket for everyone

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

True Blues believe in NSW national XI

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Indian cricket excess

In the 24 months leading into the World Twenty20 in September 2007, and the 25 months or so thereafter, India played almost the same number of Tests and ODIs, but the latter period includes 17 T20s

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Pardoning Agassi will allow other players to cross the line

Grand slam champion Andre Agassi's admission to using drugs during his career is not only damaging for his reputation but for the sport itself, writes Harsha Bhogle in the Indian Express .

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

A welcome break for KP

After three months of rest and recuperation, Kevin Pietersen will pick up a bat and try to prove his fitness for the tour of South Africa

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Players v coaches

The recent departures of coaches - Andy Moles (New Zealand), Peter Moores (England), Robin Singh and Venkatesh Prasad (India) - suggests that players are wielding greater clout in decision making

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Harmison happy at Durham

Alan Tyers' latest entry on his hilarious blog in the Wisden Cricketer analyses why Steve Harmison signed a new four-year contract with Durham

The Indian business newspaper, Mint , has an interesting write-up looking at the decline of the restaurants opened by Indian cricket's biggest names

No more dining at Tendulkar's

"While the hopping and skipping of a large man attracted a fair bit of attention, it was Shepherd's skill as an umpire – both in terms of decision-making and man management – that earned praise around the cricket world

Tributes for David Shepherd

A fast bowler who has suffered with injury several times, Rob Cassell found the jump from the Melbourne club competition to the state level a tough one

Cassell's back in town

The Champions League, it seems, has caused quite a stir

Luke knows too much cricket isn't Wright

After moving to the Daily Mail from the Guardian , Lawrence Booth has started off a new weekly mail called 'Top Spin'

A rundown of Strauss' side

David Shepherd, the former umpire, died on Wednesday aged 68 after a long struggle with cancer

A widely respected and well-loved umpire

In Independent Online , Kevin McCallum tries to get his head around the innovations in South Africa's new and improved domestic one-day competition, the MTN40, which has two Powerplays (with strings attached), a strategic break and a rolling

Have I got this entirely right, Mr Majola?

Maybe I am missing something – a shrewd tactical contribution from the gully, a tendency for stirring dressing-room speeches, or a deep and meaningful appreciation of the game and its place in English history, but the thought of Alastair Cook as

England sleepwalking to an Alastair Cook captaincy

As New Zealand Cricket begin the search for a replacement for the departed Andy Moles, the first thing they must do is settle on the type of person they want, writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald .

Who could be New Zealand's coach?

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

What’s on Merv Hughes’ TV? Not Australia’s tour games

As for fielding, our servants can do that for us

To understand the mind of the Indian cricketer, it is necessary to borrow from the 19th century French writer Villiers de l’Isle Adams, writes Suresh Menon in Mumbai Mirror