The Surfer

The referral system is conceptually very good if the technology assisting the eye is foolproof, writes Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times .

Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka's under-19 vice-captain, had to overcome the challenges posed by the tsunami and also make a transition from bowling to wicketkeeping to develop as a cricketer.Reemus Fernando charts Chandimal's progress in the Island .

Between two 50-run partnerships, there was an eerie batting silence that summed up the day for India, writes Sandeep Diwvedi in the Indian Express .

In cricket, China is the next India

Anil Kumble says that his team is happy and confident of winning the third Test after bouncing back to level the series in Galle

So, is it, as I increasingly believe, that India’s inherent nature is to play safe and that a defeat or an act of provocation causes them to bind together and produce performances that are otherwise bottled inside

Dale Steyn revealed that Graeme Smith wasn't his usual self both before and during his monumental, series-winning innings of 154 not out, writes Neil Manthorp on Supercricket.co.za .

On the eve of his first Test as captain, Kevin Pietersen get some advice from his former coach Duncan Fletcher, who writes in the Guardian that Pietersen should "be himself" and not change his style of batting because of the added responsibility

The Indian middle order has had an ordinary series so far with just one half-century in the first two Tests

Ricky Ponting has achieved many things even A-list cricketers can only dream of, but he joins the Olympic buzz by saying he cannot think of anything better than his sport being part of the Games

In the Guardian , former captains Kim Hughes and Bob Willis debate whether Kevin Pietersen is the right man to help England regain the Ashes after their 5-0 humiliation in Australia

Nasser Hussain catches up with the man who not only got rid of him (in 2003), but also Michael Vaughan

Rahul Dravid went past Sunil Gavaskar's once world-record aggregate of 10,122 runs, though there was barely a mention of it with all the attention on Sachin Tendulkar eclipsing Brian Lara's tally

The lure of an Olympic medal could help Australia avoid losing teenage cricketers to the football codes, Jamie Pandaram writes in the Sydney Morning Herald .

Mark Ramprakash has joined the elite list of players with hundred hundreds and Simon Hattenstone, in the Guardian , compares and contrasts Ramprakash's records with Graeme Hick

Stephen Pollard in the Spectator is not too pleased with the BBC's decision not to bid for the TV rights put on sale by the ECB

Amrit Mathur, in the Hindustan Times , criticises those who write off cricketers only to be proved wrong soon enough.