The Surfer

Matthew Pryor in The Times take a look at the reality behind stories that cricket is about to take off in China:-

The busy one-day international calendar comes in for criticism from Malcolm Conn, who in The Australian describes the timing of the “seemingly unwanted” Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series as folly, especially in the wake of Brett Lee’s ankle injury.

Charles Randall, writing in The Daily Telegraph , interviews Peter Moores, the England A coach touted by many to be the successor to Duncan Fletcher

Harsha Bhogle reckons that now it is up to Sehwag to respond to the backing of his skipper by displaying his attitude

R Mohan pitches in on the Dravid v manager issue in the Deccan Chronicle .

Navjot Singh Sidhu's role as a jester doesn't have political implications , feels Diptosh Majumdar.

Ted Corbett lets rip in Sportstar

Nandakumar Marar, in the Sportstar , charts the fall and the rise of Mumbai in Ranji Trophy this year.

The Age carries a report from the Los Angeles Times saying the World Cup preparations are behind schedule .

Last week, David Graveney, England's chairman of selectors, suggested that the British media owed Duncan Fletcher an apology for the nasty things that had been said about him during the tour of Australia

Reactions have come in from cricketers and media on the Indian squad for the World Cup

Australia’s CB Series loss was, in some ways, understandable given the hectic schedule they had endured, according to Peter Roebuck in The Age .

In a candid chat with the Hindustan Times ' Varun Gupta, Gautam Gambhir admits that he was insecure about his place in the Indian side.

England have managed to win the CB Series without their main batsman, Kevin Pietersen, but he will be back for the World Cup

Next month's World Cup in the West Indies will be the most thoroughly policed cricket tournament ever staged, writes Scyld Berry in the Sunday Telegraph .

Regardless of the injury concerns that surround him, Michael Vaughan has to be England's captain for the World Cup, writes Michael Atherton in The Sunday Telegraph , because he brings a calmness to the team that has been absent all winter.

With New Zealand having lost seven of their last nine one-day internationals, calls are on in the media to try out a new captain