The Surfer

More on Brendon McCullum's signing for New South Wales and the repercussions it has on the global game.This time it is from Paul Lewis in the New Zealand Herald , who says that there's something here that doesn't sit right

NSW date could end up in bad taste file

Dylan Cleaver questions the composition of New Zealand's ODI squad for Australia, with the inclusion of Brendon Diamanti and Trent Boult over more experienced players

Selection policy is nuts... and Boults

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

On hindsight

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

The voice of reason

Michael Holding is worried about the future of the game

Tim Lane, writing in the Sunday Age , worries that the modern game is more about fast money and is unsure how long Tests, ODIs and Twenty20s can live together.

Short-term liaison for game’s three formats

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Shakib up close

Banter and the odd bouncer

The Guardian 's Mike Selvey says from St Kitts that Andrew Strauss could make life easier for himself if he makes the difficult decisions England require to flourish on the Caribbean tour

Their country is riven by war, their side was formed in exile and they don’t even have a home pitch

Afghanistan cricket team: a team called hope

In the Age Greg Baum writes that in Twenty20 every team has its price

McCullum move shows there are no rules in Twenty20

Jamie Pandaram talks to Erin Osborne, the 19-year-old spinner selected in Australia’s World Cup squad, for the Sydney Morning Herald

Long road ends in reward for Osborne

Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand wicketkeeper, has agreed to play for New South Wales in Australia’s Twenty20 final

McCullum a smart investment for NSW

In England a review of which sports should be shown live on free-to-air TV has begun

Free-to-air or not?

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Cricket needs more variety

The concept of the return series, barely months after the teams have faced each other drives the intensity out of the contest, writes Harsha Bhogle in espnstar.com

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

'Bollywood Bodi' deserves a chance

The continued disregard of Titans opening batsman Gulam Bodi by the national selectors is what concerns me this week, writes Zaahier Adams in Independent Online .

Much more than the sum of his parts, Matthew Hayden relied on relationships with his team-mates, writes Gideon Haigh in the Guardian .

Continuity was the key to Hayden's top-order reign

The performances of the England cricket team since they won the Ashes so memorably in 2005 would lend credence to the notion that their players, even the side's stars in Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, do not walk on water

England's flight of fancy is a pain for passengers

India's new young allrounder Ravindra Jadeja has blazed a glittering trail through domestic cricket, writes Dileep Premachandran in the Guardian .

Warne predicts bright future for Jadeja the jewel