The Surfer

The selectors are a group of people who are generally the least appreciated

Make selectors more accountable

Descendants of a hero in Nelson's navy, who established one of cricket's most unlikely outposts on the island of Vis, are returning to the remote Adriatic island to take part in an historic cricket match

Cricket on the Adriatic

The IPL will be a good opportunity for England cricketers, Kevin Pietersen in particular, to improve their Twenty20 skills ahead of the World Twenty20 in June, writes Steve James in the Telegraph .

IPL can help KP work on poor Twenty20 skills

Anachronistic, perhaps, but personalities like Henry Blofeld will be missed in this clinical new era of sports reporting, writes Scott Murray in the Guardian .

Blowers' ways missed in clinical era of reporting

Test stats tell a grim story

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Warne plots repeat of IPL success

Fancying the idea of fancy dress

The world's attitude to women's sport is changing, but the process is, like a glacier, slow and inexorable rather than, like a flash flood, altering everything in an instant of time, writes Simon Barnes in the Times .

Being equal does not mean being identical

In the Indian Express , Harsha Bhogle is largely satisfied with India's 1-0 series win over New Zealand but wonders why MS Dhoni was uncharacteristically conservative in timing the declaration in the final Test

Dominant India should have won 2-0

The decision to exclude Strauss from England's World Twenty20 squad, perhaps to keep him fresh for the Ashes, subconsciously says that England don't think they have a realistic chance of winning the World Twenty20, writes Simon Wilde in the Times

England winning World Twenty20 is unlikely

In the Kolkata-based Telegraph , Ashok Mitra calls for more transparency in the financial transactions of the IPL, which he argues must be registered as a corporate entity

Profiteers at large

The Guardian's Andy Bull finds that this year's Wisden Almanack makes for compelling reading, and applauds it for its "refreshingly open-minded and enthusiastic" tone

Wisden remains a timeless gem

An ongoing debate among former international cricketers and connoisseurs of the game in Mumbai is about the difference in Sunil Gavaskar's and Sachin Tendulkar's style of play

Little masters, big debate

Captain not-so-courageous

The single most remarkable feature of India's series win is that this was a series with no transformative moment, no miracle rescue, no return from the edge of the abyss

Roadkill no more

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Michael Clarke’s testing job interview

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Is the Gibbs risk worth taking?

The re-building process the South African one-day side are undergoing has one major bolt loose at the top of the batting, but how to tighten it is proving to be a test of patience for the coaching staff and selectors.