The Surfer

Beau Casson could make his Test debut for Australia next week and to get to this stage he has had to deal with more issues than most cricketers, as Chloe Saltau writes in the Age .

A pair of ducks for Ian Bell and Paul Collingwood on the first day at Trent Bridge was the worst possible result for England’s two out-of-form batsmen

Harsha Bhogle, in his column in the Indian Express , looks at the reasons behind Rajashtan's IPL success story

In his column in The Times , Michael Atherton says that two documentaries on Monday evening, one about Hansie Cronje and one about Basil D'Oliveira, proved conclusively that sport remains the finest polygraph test known to man

As England begin the third Test, their bowling coach, Ottis Gibson, discusses swing, Steve Harmison and the day that Malcolm Marshall taught him the value of hard graft, in a chat with the Independent's Brian Viner

Despite having been embroiled in many controversies; the man who still is a folklore hero, has not lost his bearings

Will the ICC wake up to the reality of a player-centric popular tournament and create a window so that all, including the English players, can get into the IPL and enjoy the competition and the monetary benefit, asks R Mohan in the Asian Age .

We have read how Warne got the best of the mosquito squadron that was at his command but what we didn’t read about was the backing of the support staff of the Rajasthan Royals, and one of them was a former Mumbai opening batsman Zubin Bharucha,

Shane Warne has proved it takes more than money to buy instant success even in the IPL, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian

Mohammad Asif was detained in Dubai on suspicion of possessing drugs and Khalid Hussain believes the Pakistan board has only itself to blame for his latest misadventure

Brett Lee is shaping up as Australia's answer to David Beckham by launching his own line of men's underwear and modelling them himself, AAP reports

The Indian Premier League has finally come to an end and now begins the analysis

With 472 runs and 17 wickets for the Rajasthan Royals, Shane Watson won the Player of the Tournament award, beating Shaun Marsh and Shane Warne to the US$23,500 prize

The IPL has reached its climax but Hindustan Times ' Pradeep Magazine wants to know why the media has ignored the league's drawbacks and reported it almost as if it was part of the show.

New Zealand lost the second Test against England after having the upper hand and Mark Richardson believes Daniel Vettori should be mulling over the lost opportunity more than most because he blew the opportunity to do something he has not done for 11

The Observer 's Adrian Deevoy takes his friend along for an interview with Andrew Flintoff and despite having seen him on innumerable cricket pitches across the years his friend is shocked into silence by Flintoff's sheer physical presence.

"A glance at the scoreboard from this week's second Test loss to England would suggest New Zealand's wretched batting performance in the third innings alone decided the outcome," says Adam Parore in the New Zealand Herald