The Surfer

For those watching the Ashes through the dark winter days in England and don't have access to Sky (or just fancy hearing a different set of commentators) there has been the chance to sample Channel 9's coverage through the BBC's highlights

It’s good to know that the British Transport Police are keeping public transport in London safe from would-be criminals

Cricket Australia announced today that Michael Parkinson, the renowned television interviewer and fervent cricket fan, will interview Shane Warne

In The Times of India , Rajeev Shukla, a member of parliament as well as being chairman of the BCCI’s media committee, argues that politicians should not wade into discussion and arguments about cricket.

Accusations of negativity and boring play were coming thick and fast after day two at Adelaide Oval, but the Australian media couldn’t decide which team was at fault

It’s been 15 years since Dave Callaghan was cured of cancer, but memories of those scary months in 1991 cannot be erased, writes Mid Day 's Clayton Murzello .

Following last week's tremendous news that Billy Birmingham (pictured) is releasing a new 12th Man album , it has been revealed that he will be imitating Kerry Packer - a man who, in the height of his powers, Birmingham failed to recognise

Brett Lee lifts the lid on Australia’s subdued celebrations after the first Test in his News Ltd column.

The policing of the first Test at Brisbane was widely condemned by many of those who attended as being overzealous and petty – Cricinfo received many complaints from spectators

Virender Sehwag continues to confound the pundits and frustrate the layman by flitting between the ordinary and the unacceptable, writes R Kaushik in the Deccan Herald .

Nearly all the players in the England squad have columns (or blogs, or video diaries) with various media outlets

Sky Sports is generally reckoned to have done a decent job replacing Channel 4 in covering the cricket in England in 2006

Peter Roebuck says in the Sydney Morning Herald Australia, who won the first Test in Brisbane easily, have some problems too .

Fantastic news for fans of the highly irreverent 12th Man CDs – and that includes most of the editorial team – comes with the release this week of the seventh offering – and the first for five years - from Billy Bimingham

A common theory to explain England's poor showing at Brisbane has been their lack of meaningful preparation ahead of the first Test and the English Sunday papers reflect this in a number of pieces