The Surfer

Shane Warne writes in his News Ltd column about how he dropped the retirement news to Ricky Ponting.

Rachael Heyhoe-Flint’s name will be forever synonymous with women’s cricket

The English press is predictably full of Shane Warne's retirement and most seem to have the tone spot on, focusing on the fact that the game is losing a legend rather than the fact that England might have a better chance against a Warne-free

Malcolm Conn writes in The Australian about Glenn McGrath’s last summer of international cricket .

News of Shane Warne’s likely retirement puts the Australian media in a frenzy

Cracking story courtesy of This is Nottingham of how eco-friendly Ben Foster got more than he bargained for when testing his newly-invented biodegrabale box against Notts speedster Charlie Shreck

The third day of the Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Karnataka was one which saw an 18-year old set a fine example of mental strength

Sreesanth's dance would go on, if not already, to become the motif of this series and his career

Steve Waugh says Shane Warne is Australia’s second-greatest player of all time in his Daily Telegraph blog.

The Ashes series was all but decided after the Adelaide Test, so the British press had plenty of time to come up with their back-page headlines when the urn was finally lost

While most Australians celebrate the return of the Ashes, Chloe Saltau in the Age sounds a warning that Australia’s renewed dominance is a bad thing for the long-term future of Test cricket

Following one of Andre Nel's spectacular bursts of sledging against Sreesanth, on the third day at Johannesburg, he replied in similarly emphatic fashion...and just check out that celebration.

Rod Marsh has come out with some interesting comments about English cricket over the last few weeks, but his ability to spot a talented player has never been in doubt

The attendance for the Perth Test has broken WACA records, but the crowd is missing one man who'd hope to make it via a slightly different mode of transport

South Africa had a horrid second day at Johannesburg

As Australia move closer to regaining the Ashes the knives are being sharpened against Duncan Fletcher, the man many in the media feel is to blame for England's problems