The Surfer

In an indepth interview to the Cape Times , Norman Arendse, the president of Cricket South Africa, speaks out on the controversial transformation policy, his version of the Andre Nel-Charl Langeveldt fiasco, relationship with Mickey Arthur,

Munaf Patel has taken 11 wickets in 13 matches for the Rajasthan Royals and Varun Gupta, in profiling the injury-prone Indian bowler in the Hindustan Times , writes that he is the antonym of the modern dapper cricketer.

In his column in The Times , Michael Atherton compares the IPL’s Rajasthan Royals to baseball’s Oakland As, a relatively low-budget team who consistently outperformed their more illustrious and wealthier rivals by dint of the unorthodox coaching

Shivani Naik, of the Indian Express , tracks the success story of the Rajasthan Royals

Mark Butcher, Stuart Law and Rob Key are brought together in the Daily Mail to discuss a variety of points including the pressure on Mark Ramprakash to score his hundredth hundred:

Monica Attard speaks to Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson on ABC Sydney .

Darren Gough has announced he will retire at the end of the county season and Angus Fraser gets in an early tribute to him in the Independent :

England won the second Test against New Zealand with a day to spare but not everyone is convinced by the victory

Andrew Strauss's composed second-innings century was instrumental in England's win over New Zealand at Old Trafford and Alan Lee writes in the Times that Strauss owes his Test career, the making of it and the saving of it, to centuries

The IPL is working out as a trading centre for cricketing tips and Adam Gilchrist's World Cup squash-ball trick is now being used by Deccan Chargers' Venugopal Rao to considerable effect

An Irish-born author, Joseph O'Neill, has written a novel set in New York City post 9/11 and the central theme which binds the novel is cricket

The fact that West Indies are providing a serious challenge to Australia in the first Test indicates Australia have lost their aura of invincibility in the past 18 months, according to Alex Brown in the Sydney Morning Herald .

The Dawn's M Wasim meets Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain, and seeks his views on a range of cricketing issues

Vir Sanghvi, in the Hindustan Times , draws parallels between the IPL and the English Premier League, and feels "it’s only a matter of time before all cricket — other than at the national team level — respects only one loyalty: to the best

Darrell Hair’s return to umpiring after 21 months was analysed by several papers

Sharda Ugra, the deputy editor of India Today analyses Yuvraj Singh's statements after his side, Kings XI Punjab, were allegedly targeted by a section of the Mumbai crowd.