The Surfer

The Indian board took a firm stance when it decided to limit player endorsements to three each but then relaxed its grip a bit when it agreed to P Sainath , a writer normally associated with social issues and not cricket, believes the watering down

Kris Srikkanth rewinds to 1989 when he was the captain and to the sordid events just before the tour of Pakistan.

A few months ago Cricinfo revealed that Darren Gough was on the brink of retiring after leaving his Essex contract unsigned

Indian selectors brush off the rumours that high-profile seniors are dropped for Bangladesh's tour, reports Kadambari Murali.

The BCCI working committee meeting held last week threw up some pretty drastic changes; the Indian board took a number of good decisions and made some right noises.

Australia have been unstoppable, writes Robert Craddock in the Daily Telegraph , but questions remain over the make-up of the bowling .

Ireland are still mixing it with the big boys and one man who helped to put them there is their coach Adrien Birrell.

England face a serious uphill battle to reach the World Cup semi-finals after losing to Australia and in The Times Simon Wilde lays some of the blame with the captain.

"Trapped in a circle of fire, the Indian board was of course expected to come out shooting; but nobody really imagined that it would do this: end up shooting at its own feet

"The upset means South Africa's World Cup dream is now under direct attack and that Bangladesh, who have yet to play England, Ireland and the West Indies, are still in contention for an unlikely semifinals finish," writes Richard Boock in The New

Australia’s bonus if they win the World Cup will be spare change if they play in a Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies next year, according to Robert Craddock in The Australian .

"First, there was disaster

"Many of the qualities that have made Lara the great batsman of the past 15 years - the self-obsession, the ego, the individualism, the outrageous talent - are qualities that often do not transfer to captaincy

It’s good to see the Aussies aren’t engaging in any kind of schadenfreude where Gary Pratt - destined to be known as the man who ran out Ricky Ponting - is concerned