The Surfer

John Huxley has a go at answering the question in the Sydney Morning Herald .

The MCC is not a body that usually washes its dirty linen in public but according to Mihir Bose, all is not well in NW8

While speculation is rife about Shoaib Akhtar’s future after he failed a drugs test, the Sydney Morning Herald says that as one door closes, another one might be opening, suggesting that he might be heading into films.

Robert Craddock writes in The Courier-Mail about Shoaib Akhtar following his positive drugs test .

Liam Plunkett, the England allrounder, has recently started blogging

In The Daily Telegraph Simon Hughes underlines how poor England are at the one-day game but also flags that for all its money and mouth, the Indian board has issues it needs to address

Glenn McGrath's injuries...England's use of sub fielders...sold out grounds of English fans...they have all be used as excuses why the Ashes slipped away from Australia last year

In India for the Champions Trophy, Neil Manthorp witnesses the harsh realities of life for the several thousand pavement dwellers in Mumbai and writes how such scenes bring out a person's benevolent side.

"Fears that the World Cup in the West Indies next autumn will be a debacle have been laid to rest ", writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald .

The Ashes are more than two years away..

The Telegraph's Robert Philip joins Ian Botham on a ten-mile leg of his latest fundraising walk in aid of Leukaemia Research and the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Boria Mazumdar takes a look at the new brand of cricket coverage on Indian television which is set to transform the nature of global cricket coverage.

Nathan Bracken is in India with the Champions Trophy squad, but he hasn’t forgotten his mother-in-law, who he says has premonitions about his performances

Indian Express tracks the story of Sitanshu Kotak’s 12-year-old domestic battle .

The common thought is that the Champions Trophy is being held in a country that can't get enough of one-day cricket

Damien Martyn gives a rare glimpse into his personal life in a story by The Courier-Mail ’s Ben Dorries.