The Surfer

Over at The Corridor there's a sneak preview of a collection of cartoon-postcards called Postcards from the Sledge , based on famous sledges in cricket.

“Whispers around the sport are Mick Jagger has been courted by series broadcaster Channel 9 to make a cameo appearance at at least one of the five Test matches between Australia and England,” reports the Daily Telegraph ’s Sydney Confidential.

Chris Gayle has been finding it difficult to sleep in Ahmedabad

No single moment has summed up England's ineptitude in the Champions Trophy more excruciatingly than Steve Harmison's opening delivery to India's Virender Sehwag, writes Lawrence Booth in The Guardian

Robert Craddock reports in The Courier-Mail about Allan Border having a net session against the Australian Women’s team in Brisbane.

Peter Roebuck has been among the most vocal critics of Zimbabwe Cricket in the last couple of years, but his syndicated column this weekend was hard-hitting even by his standards.

Andrew Strauss, in his column for The Daily Telegraph , admitted that England’s defeat by Australia was disappointing but insisted they were in good spirits ahead of the Ashes.

“We really should have known better as we wondered who the hell was Mitchell Johnson as he loped over the turf for the first overs of his life against England,” writes Simon Wilde in The Sunday Times as he profiles Australia’s latest pace sensation

It's his first time playing the game in father Shashi's homeland and, albeit for just a moment, Jeetan Patel is public idol No 1

In an interview with The Australian’s Andrew Ramsey, Michael Hussey speaks about his embarrassment at being ranked the world’s No

The Indian board's decision to take on the ICC could split the cricket world, warns Mike Coward in The Australian

Adam Parore, the former New Zealand wicketkeeper, looks back at his experience of playing against Pakistan and wonders how their bowlers managed to bowl "25 overs on a searing hot day and seem to get faster as the day wears on".

Courtney Walsh, the former West Indies fast bowler, is in Ireland on October 31 to urge fans to support their country in next year’s World Cup in the Caribbean

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald about the return to form of West Indies and how Australia looked flat .

Over the past few decades, cricket has had its skirmishes with drug problems, but generally, when placed alongside the issue in many other sports, they have been small ripples, writes Mike Selvey in The Guardian .