The Surfer

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald the withdrawal of the Australians from the trip to Pakistan is not a surprise.

"Whether it is a wind of change, helping England's team to blow hot rather than cold, or just a 60 miles per hour buster screaming through the Cook Straits, a cricket match in Wellington tends to test a team's aerodynamics as much as their mettle,"

Western Australian batsman Luke Pomersbach was willing to play in the IPL for "free" but he's been signed up by Mohali for $54,000.

Australia's decision to postpone their tour to Pakistan has drawn a sharp reaction from Khalid Hussain of the Times .

Australia’s Pura Cup final starts on Saturday and the Daily Telegraph reports Victoria will face a New South Wales squad worth more than A$6 million

Zaheer Khan is back in India after undergoing rehabilitation for his heel injury at the Centre of Sports Medicine in Johannesburg

The ICC's latest executive meeting will take place in Dubai next week and on the agenda will be who replaces Malcolm Speed as chief executive

Overjoyed by the victory of 'the worst team in 40 years' over England, Paul Holden analyses the Hamilton Test in his blog the Sideline Slogger .

In Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror Neil Wijeratne gets nostalgic on the fixtures between St Josephs and St Peters, one of the traditional schools cricket rivalries in Sri Lanka.

Last summer Allan Donald was the man who had the problem of trying to sort out Steve Harmison as he began his spell as England bowling coach

Having won the Under-19 World Cup two editions in a row, Pakistan's young heroes returned empty-handed from Kuala Lumpur this year

Rarely have England looked so devoid of energy as they plunged to a miserable defeat in Hamilton, writes Vic Marks in the Guardian .

The startling figures paid for the star players at the IPL auction stands testimony to the power of the new Indian market, writes Mike Marquesee in the Hindu

Racism in sport is not a new phenomenon, writes KN Anand in the New Indian Express .

Chris Gayle is back as the West Indies captain but Tony Becca, writing in the Jamaica Gleaner , wonders what happened to Ramnaresh Sarwan?

Indian cricket teams have owned this belief before, but never held onto it, because their commitment to excellence, and each other, was fickle, writes Rohit Brijnath in the BBC website .