The Surfer

New Zealand cricket isn't often the height of fashion, but lately it's been sniffed at even more than usual, especially given John Bracewell's disconcerting habit of rotating his starting line-up

Alex Brown writes in The Age Bennett King, the West Indies coach, has been “sounded out” about replacing John Buchanan.

Irfan Pathan, in an exclusive interview with K Shriniwas Rao , talks about his worries and on his recovery process adding that the rest has done him a world of good.

Iain Payten writes in the Daily Telegraph about Jacob Oram after his batting heroics at the WACA on Sunday.

In a remarkable broadside aimed at the England side in Australia, The Observer’s Vic Marks has made it quite clear where he stands

Writing in The Guardian , David Hopps points the finger at the joyless hangers-oners in a "bloated" England squad, in particular the security personnel who, he believes, are cramping the style of the younger, more impressionable players - in

Simon Barnes identifies a familiar pattern as the pressure mounts on Duncan Fletcher

In the queue to replace Glenn McGrath in Australia’s Test attack, one name seems to have been forgotten

The Hindustan Times ' Varun Gupta meets Yashpal Singh , the torchbearer for Services, one of the weakest teams in India's domestic circuit.

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald about the power of Australia’s fringe players .

An English journalist, Ian Wooldridge, suggests there may be calls for Pakistan to be chucked out of the World Cup

Most of the Indian players attended the celebrations of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association completing 75 years on January 26

Geoff Boycott doesn’t worry about upsetting people when he speaks, and that’s just as well as much of what he says is plain common sense

A day after John Buchanan comments (realistic or arrogant, depending on where you stand), Ricky Ponting has told The Australian that Australia’s toughest test at the moment might be on the training ground.

England’s latest dismal display at Adelaide drew no sympathy from the Australian press

Nathan Astle retired on Friday, citing a lack of motivation ahead of the World Cup

As the row over claims of racism on TV show Big Brother subside, the Hindustan Times reports that in India TV advertisements for the current India-West Indies one-day series have provoked protests from people who claim they suggest that

In the Daily Telegraph , Iain Payten reports that the Barmy Army are flying home in droves after England’s lacklustre start to the one-day series.

In Mumbai today, a match took place in front of the TV cameras that, for the victor, was arguably vastly more significant than the one-day international in Cuttack.

The walk-or-don’t-walk debate that began with Michael Hussey’s insistence on leaving the decision up to the umpires has continued with Paul Nixon throwing in his two cents’ worth in The Age