The Surfer

Mike Gatting continues to be accosted at airports around the world with unkind questions on his sanity - why did he try the reverse sweep of Allan Border in the final of the 1987 World Cup

The 2007 World Cup has been severely criticised for its poor crowds, lack of competition and several other shortcomings but Richard Boock, in The New Zealand , herald, has come out in defence of the Caribbean.

The Indian board is meeting to discuss the team's World Cup debacle, appointment of a new coach, probably even a new captain and the way forward for Indian cricket

In the Sydney Morning Herald Chloe Saltau looks at the move to put James Hopes on standby for Shane Watson.

Yesterday, the World Cup organisers, stung by a barrage of criticism about their handling of the tournament, reissued a list of dos and don’ts for spectators attending matches ( click here for the full list )

"I'm going to bet that Shane Watson hadn't learnt how to get down on one knee and scoop-heave a yorker-length ball over the fine leg boundary for a six in that young cricketer's technical bible, Don Bradman's The Art of Cricket," says Aakash Chopra

If Chappell had indeed used ‘friends’ in the media to get the news out before it could be discussed in the appropriate forum, then that does not talk highly of his methods

Chloe Saltau writes in The Age about Shane Bond and New Zealand being Australia’s greatest dangers at the World Cup.

It’s an almost constant gripe in the media – not to mention those attending the games - but the organisation of this World Cup appears to have set a all-time low

Today it’s The Australian’s turn to run through the problems at the World Cup .

The economic importance of the World Cup to the Caribbean is unquestioned

Shane Watson is injured again and Robert Craddock, writing in The Australian , says it is dawning on Australia he might be unable to combine the roles of fast bowling and top-order batting.

You have to feel for the poor old ICC

The frenzy of media speculation surrounding the death of Bob Woolmer a fortnight ago shows no sign of abating with two new reports in the Sunday newspapers.

Michael Atherton writes in The Sunday Telegraph that some of the greatest players of the modern era – including Inzamam-ul-Haq, Glenn McGrath and Anil Kumble - came to the Caribbean in the knowledge that this would be their last hurrah - in the