The Surfer

It doesn’t seem a minute ago since England were slumping to defeat in Sri Lanka, but barely have they shovelled their Christmas turkey down their neck when they’re back into consideration as the next tour team, for New Zealand, will be announced on

Once maligned as a one-day basher, Andrew Symonds has now matured into a cricketer worthy of a place in any team, according to Peter Roebuck in the Sunday Age .

India went in to the first Test with virtually no preparation, their one warm-up match against Victoria rained out for the most part

India's fielding and front-foot no-balling in the Boxing Day Test has been disappointing and in the Weekend Australian , Peter Lalor examines the issue.

Rahul Dravid opened for India after nearly two years and spent over one and a half hours for his five runs

Ian Botham tells Brian Viner, in the Independent that his proudest moment as a sportsman came in 2007, why the greatest cricketer of all time was not Don Bradman, and what he thinks of sports psychology .

At last Australia got the Test contest they had long been craving when, on the opening day at the MCG, they lost nine wickets to India

As Sachin Tendulkar embarks on what could be his last tour of Australia, Peter Roebuck pays tribute to the Indian genius in the Sydney Morning Herald

The story of Sourav Ganguly's career is one with so many twists and turns that a scriptwriter can make a living off it

A cricket tour by Harrow School ended in tragedy when they were caught up in the 2004 tsunami, and Julian Ayers, one of the players’ fathers, was among those who died

In The Observer Vic Marks draws some positives for England despite their series loss in Sri Lanka but expresses concerns about Monty Panesar.

"India have been assigned the task of rejuvenating an alarmingly forgettable cricket season

Dropped after his first Test, against India in 1996, Brad Hogg nearly quit the game to take up farming

"Those who take Daniel Vettori at face value have him all wrong," writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald