The Surfer

The Pakistani newspaper Dawn , in an editorial, praises the ICC's decision to not shift the Champions Trophy out of the country, while criticising players from South Africa and Australia over their fears over security

While picking the side for the third Test, the Guardian's Mike Selvey thinks the selectors should include Steve Harmison and rest Stuart Broad, who has impressed more with the bat than with the ball in the Tests against South Africa

That the Champions Trophy has been given the go-ahead in Pakistan and Chingoka had a vote is a disgrace, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

Angus Fraser in the Independent , isn't in favour of the new umpire referrals system as it could devalue the experience of watching cricket at the venue.

Tunku Varadarajan, the academic, narrates his experiences while watching two days of the first Test between England and South Africa at Lord's

The BCCI is refusing to allow its contracted players from repesenting English counties with ICL staff and Harsha Bhogle, in the Indian Express , wonders if the board's tough stance is world cricket’s new apartheid.

In his column for the Telegraph , Alastair Cook feels people have rather conveniently made a scapegoat of Darren Pattinson after the Headingley defeat, forgetting that England were actually outplayed in all departments

As Mark Ramprakash looks set to record his 100th first-class hundred, Mike Selvey in the Guardian looks at previous instances of English batsmen reaching the milestone and the agonising wait for some.

"In sport, we often hear that a team are not as good on the pitch as they look on paper

In the dispute between Digicel and the West Indies Cricket Board over the sponsorship of the Stanford All Stars match, Fazeer Mohammed wonders whether Digicel are farse and out of place to insist that their rights as official sponsors of West Indies

Ajantha Mendis should be careful in not getting too predictable with his variations, writes Makarand Waingankar in the Hindu

Lawrence Booth, in the Guardian , says Darren Pattinson's selection is a reflection of England's lack of seam bowling options.

Morecambe were locked in a top-of-the-table clash with Barrow yesterday afternoon, but at least half an eye was kept on the progress of one of their own at Headingley, says Andrew Longmore in the Sunday Times

Pradeep Magazine, in the Hindustan Times , calls for a reasoned analysis of the Indian Premier League

In an interview with the Sunday Times , Shane Warne talks about the Indian Premier League experience and captaincy, his family and his views on Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff and sledging