The Surfer

Jonathan Millmow, writing on stuff.co.nz , watches a child on the Adelaide Oval provide the best batting of the fourth morning of the second Test, which New Zealand lost by an innings.

New Zealand embarrassed by child’s play

Reports of serious disagreement between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the selectors during a meeting to pick the team for the fourth and fifth ODIs against England leaked to a newspaper will create an atmosphere of distrust between the captain and the

Fix the leaks

Peter Lalor, writing in the Australian , tries to remember Australia’s wicketkeeper before Brad Haddin, who broke through with his maiden Test century.

Haddin has people asking Adam who?

England have returned home following the Mumbai attacks and though the Tests are scheduled to be played it still isn't clear if the team will come back to India

You're not going to win

Cricket was an excuse for a winter picnic

Luke Alfred looks at five promising five promising young South Africans who have made their mark in the domestic season

Upcoming South African stars

Javed Miandad’s new role [as PCB's director-general] requires walking a fine line

Can Miandad shake things up?

The survival of the game could be under threat if India as a venue gets excluded from international cricket, writes Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times .

India is not yet Pakistan

At a time when the general cricket machine is in a slow sinking quagmire, the struggle faced by junior cricket in Sri Lanka keeps getting worse

No small matter this

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

South Africa's coaching structure comprehensive with Fletcher

It's unfair to judge Andy Moles negatively simply because many fans and media were plumping for other, more high-profile possibilities

Give Moles a chance to earn stripes

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Cricket gives hope to India after acts of terror

Australia is beaten; England demoralised by now

An unofficial rose

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Softness of mind undoes Kiwis

After winning the toss on another dull-witted Adelaide track, New Zealand sorely needed a batsman resolute enough to settle in for the day

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Calm and perspective needed

At their blog , The Wisden Cricketer magazine's editor, John Stern, calls for greater perspective in the wake of the terrorist attacks in India.

25-Feb-2013•Will Luke

Bracewell was an ODI success but a Test failure

Two John Bracewells leave New Zealand cricket next week

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Ooh, aah, is it the next McGrath?

Look out for New South Wales’ Josh Hazlewood, a 17-year-old who has lots of similarities to Glenn McGrath