The Surfer

Iafrica.com 's Dan Nicholl is optimistic about South Africa's chances of a series win in Australia for the visitors have a settled batting line-up, a pace attack that can be destructive and most importantly, the guiding hand of Duncan Fletcher, who

In the Sunday Times , Simon Wilde revisits England's tour of India in 1981-82 when Geoffrey Boycott broke the world batting record but left his England team-mates underwhelmed.

In seven months' time the next Ashes series begins and, in the context of a rivalry over 120 years old, a lot more than $20 million will be at stake

In the Sunday Herald Sun , Rod Nicholson profiles Cricket Australia's new chairman Jack Clarke and finds him to be an upbeat man who declares: "Just put a beard on me and I'd be Father Christmas."

The former South African captain Clive Rice will go down in history as among the finest allrounders who never played Test cricket

There have been delays upon delays in Dunedin for New Zealand and West Indies' Test match, and Dylan Cleaver, writing in the New Zealand Herald , has slammed the authorities for their lack of preparation.

A satirical show about Shane Warne's life proves he can draw a crowd anywhere, even if it left Australians uncomfortably aware of the void he has left on the field, writes Gideon Haigh in the Guardian .

It was at Lord's more than 12 years ago that Rahul Dravid took the first tentative steps of an epic journey that has encompassed more than 10,000 Test runs and 25 centuries

Business is dwindling across the world, and in hard times, industry duly moves away from play, to focus on the core business, writes Rohit Mahajan in Outlook .

The cult of feedback and questionnaires is killing sporting instinct and individualism and in danger of dragging outstanding young players into the pack of mediocrity, writes Ed Smith in the Telegraph .