The Surfer

It would be a huge shame if an India-Pakistan series is deprived of Mohammad Asif's presence, writes Dileep Premachandran in his newly introduced blog in the Times Online website.

Australia named their squad for the first Test on Thursday – and included 13 players who are in line to take on Sri Lanka

Andrew Symonds tells the Australian that he's up for the challenge of facing his old friend and rival, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Shane Warne: The Musical is set to roll out in Australia next year, according to a report on the News.com.au website.

Geoff Boycott says players and coaches shouldn't be allowed to write about their experiences for at least two years after they finished

Shane Warne, writing for Fox Sports , explains the best way to play Murali and says he wants to see aggression from Australia in their forthcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka:

The perception that far too much of Indian cricket is about the individual has been proved again by Rahul Dravid's dropping

"Three key points of aggression in sport are: is it instinctive or conditioned

In these times of celebrity journalism, exclusive stories and the need to give more than the competitors, the job of a reporter is not to be envied, writes Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times

Western Province lost wickets on 111, 222 and 333 in the second innings of their South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge match against KwaZulu-Natal in Cape Town last weekend

In the Sydney Morning Herald , Andrew Webster ponders whether after all those years in Shane Warne's shadow Stuart MacGill is now casting a somewhat larger shadow of his own.

In the Sydney Morning Herald , Peter Roebuck discusses Stuart MacGill's disappointing bowling effort for New South Wales against Queensland

Just when Australia's selectors thought they could pencil in their Test batting order, Simon Katich has confused matters with 306 for New South Wales against Queensland, as Peter Roebuck reports in the Sydney Morning Herald .

Sandipan Deb examines why Rahul Dravid gave up the job of India captain and hopes Dravid's enforced absence from the side will help him get back to his best

The GenNext of Indian cricket is coming from lesser-known places which makes their struggle to stardom all the more a difficult road, writes Chandresh Narayanan in the Times of India .

Past and present cricketers talk frankly about their addictions as the Professional Cricketers Assocaition launch an initiative to assist their members