The Surfer

It’s widely accepted that cricketers are a barmy lot

The Indian board has nominated three umpires for ICC's Panel and Suresh Shastri is one of them

Surprise surprise

With England's Ashes squad and Champions Trophy squad to be announced on September 12, Andrew Strauss can only hope that the selectors consider England's recent Test victories over Pakistan and not the forgettable one against Sri Lanka

Australia and West Indies will play the opening match of the DLF Cup on September 12 at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lampur

A Twenty20 match is to be held tomorrow at Grace Road comprising local Christian clergy and Muslim imams to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Ashish Nehra speaks to GS Vivek about his return from injury and challenges that lie ahead:

Andrew Struass has a burning desire to keep the captaincy job, discovers Donald McRae.

Duncan Fletcher gave no clues as to who would captain England at the Ashes, but Vic Marks, writing in the Observer , favours Andrew Flintoff .

While Australia has been pondering where Tom Moody stands in the coaching pecking order, the man himself has been undertaking far more meaningful work - helping provide cheer to a battered nation, feels Alex Brown in the Sydney Morning Herald .

Darrell Hair, the umpire at the centre of cricket's biggest controversy since Bodyline more than 70 years ago, has broken his silence to hit back at those critics who have condemned his role in the Pakistan ball-tampering affair

Most [England] fans don’t give two hoots about the Champions Trophy

Mike Haysman joins the long line of experts who back the move to legalise ball tampering:

Shane Warne yesterday told Cricinfo England could be the best team in the world , but today in The Age he mocks their progress .

Peter Chingoka, the head of Zimbabwe Cricket’s interim board, in an exclusive interview with Zimbabwe’s Independent newspaper, has claimed that things were on the up despite Zimbabwe’s suspension from Test cricket.

Quite apart from being Superman, what does a coach really need to be given that he himself never has to face a ball, asks Harsha Bhogle in The Indian Express .