The Surfer

The gulf between Australia and England is nothing to do with talent or aura, says Mike Atherton in the Times

Tough talk no match for tough tradition

While the complete exclusion of the 'whereabouts' clause from cricket looks unlikely, the ICC could go the FIFA way and put injured players and those serving suspensions on the International Registered Testing Pool, writes KP Mohan in the Hindu .

Go the FIFA way

Since England's defeat at Headingley, the clamour for Mark Ramprakash's selection for final Ashes Test at The Oval - his county ground - has been growing

Last dance for Ramps?

When India's own anti-doping agency sent out a circular asking all sporting bodies to fall in line, the BCCI didn't even bother to reply and its silence was taken as consent

Drug tests a Doomsday scenario for India?

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Afridi the unlikely captain

Shahid Afridi will lead Pakistan in the Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka, and it will mark a remarkable turnaround in the life of the allrounder

Jonathan Freedland is not much of a cricket fan

The Ashes has something for everyone

Mike O'Connor, from Couriermail , talks to the former Australia coach about varied topics like his stint with the Kolkata Knight Riders, the failures he endured in his role as coach of Middlesex and his early days as an aspiring cricketer.

Buchanan speaks his mind

Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald notes the humour and discretion that Ricky Ponting has displayed during the Ashes and argues that 2009 has been Ponting's best year.

New Ponting rises out of the Ashes

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Trinidad and Tobago's boycott of the WICB

The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has boycotted an important meeting of the WICB

While there has been plenty of speculation about a shock recall for Mark Ramprakash, Duncan Fletcher writes in the Guardian that Kent batsman Rob Key could solve England's middle-order troubles in case they decide to leave out the struggling Ravi

Is Rob Key the answer?

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

It's all things Fred Flintoff

Flintoff is reportedly 'devastated' that England chose to rest him for the fourth Test despite him claiming full fitness

Indian cricketers have been criticised for their refusal to sign the ICC anti-doping policy which includes a clause by which they must inform of their location for an hour each day for a period of three months

Cricketers have chance to improve anti-doping policy

Can you write a book on India-Pakistan cricket without ever having watched a match in Pakistan

Diplomatic love for cricket

Australia have a willingness to subsume individual identity for the greater good, and the point is made by fixing a light on Marcus North or Ben Hilfenhaus, two comparative no-name graduates to a team deprived of its celebrity sheen

Australia's no-names strike a blow for team ethic

Australian supporters - the Fanatics - have confessed to having set off the fire alarm in England's team hotel on the opening day of the Headingley Test

Fans 'doing their bit'?

Faith, hope and Freddie

Pakistan’s famously volatile cricket team repeatedly tests the resolve of even the most committed fans

The seven stages of a cricket fan

Michael Clarke was at his most sparkling and creative on the second day's play at Headingley, writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald

Pup is becoming Australia's heartbeat

Daniel Vettori has emerged from a systems shake-up a more powerful figure in New Zealand cricket since, and possibly including, Stephen Fleming, writes Dylan Cleaver in the New Zealand Herald

Dan the man to lead Test future