The Surfer

Shane Warne turns 40 on Sunday

Warne departs the dirty 30s

The enormous Indian factor in world cricket

The first Sri Lankan to make it to the English system as an umpire, Ajith CS Perera was listed by Wisden in 1999 among eight people who made a difference to the game with contributions on various fronts

'Almost famous' for Perera

The current one-day series between England and Australia has been a tedious appendage to the Ashes, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian

Not enough one-day internationals?

Shane Bond, Ian Butler and Daryl Tuffey last hunted as a pack together in Barbados in 2002

Butler did it, despite the odds

Dileep Premachandran, in his blog in the Guardian , says ODI cricket generally lacks in importance, barring the World Cup, and discusses ways in which the format could be made more relevant.

ODI cricket's declining importance

Given the testing times that Pakistan cricket is facing, the current flux in the PCB is remarkable even by the board’s standards

The PCB's sorry saga

Lawrence Booth, in his final blog of The Spin in the Guardian , analyses England's batting line-up and its disappointing performance in the ODI series so far

England's ailing batting line-up

Any format that lacks a basic, natural complexity will ultimately collapse as options run out

A recipe for chaos

Though Ricky Ponting will return to captain Australia after a period of rest, Michael Clarke's leadership in the first two one-dayers in England has provided enough indication that the gradual transition towards his taking over the role on a

A time of transition for Australia

Patrick Smith writes in the Australian that 50-over cricket is dying, as evidenced by the interest in the ongoing ODI series in England.

As pointless as a broken pencil

In the Times , Patrick Kidd looks at how life has changed for Stuart Broad since his Ashes heroics.

Broad getting used to fame game

Adam Leventhal goes on an anagram spree in his blog on the Sky Sports website, and comes up with a few gems with regard to player names

<i>A bravo pair</i> for Ravi Bopara

Stephen Brenkley writes in the Independent that one-day cricket needs something to spice it up, as the game has become predictable and formulaic.

One-dayers need a new ingredient

The dreaded finger

Expressed delivery

Ijaz Butt's failed reign

New Zealand could only save face during a limp Test series performance against Sri Lanka via Daniel Vettori's batting prowess

If Dan can, so should you

Adil Rashid's statistics from England's loss in the first ODI against Australia may not be earth shattering but the way he went about his game with his disciplined bowling and measured batting bodes well for English cricket, writes Stephen Brenkley

Watch out for Rashid