The Surfer

After three consecutive hundreds at the international level, Shikhar Dhawan has established himself in the Indian team. But his rise has come after years spent failing and succeeding in domestic cricket

In a piece in Man's World magazine, Sharda Ugra shares her experience of being a ghost-writer on two cricket biographies - John Wright's Indian Summers and Yuvraj Singh's The Test of My Life: From Cricket to Cancer and Back.

Hassan Cheema, in the Dawn, analyses Pakistan's batting woes following their poor showing in the Champions Trophy

Pakistan's experienced batsmen, barring Misbah-ul-Haq and Nasir Jamshed, came a cropper in the Champions Trophy why is why Osman Samiuddin writes in the National that the Pakistani setup, including the selectors, Misbah and Dav Whatmore, lack vision and m

The inevitable fallout from the Warner-Root altercation wouldn't have gained much credence some decades ago when cricket was rife with strong personalities and minimal supervision. The Old Batsman shares an anecdote that punctuates this line of thinking

Sam Sheringham of the BBC catalogues Anderson's interview with his colleague Mark Chapman, in which the he talks about the skill, physical and psychological requirements of bowling quick

Australia captain Michael Clarke, in his column for the Telegraph, has some strong views on David Warner's errant behavior in the Champions Trophy

In the Observer, Peter English writes that the David Warner bar brawl is a sign of a leadership crisis within the Australian team and that of an expanding dressing room divide

New Zealand face a difficult conundrum as their young side was steamrolled by England in the Test series but an experienced squad has been enjoying consistent success in the one-day arena

In the Hindu, Ted Corbett writes that the ICC should stop needlessly tinkering with the ODI rules on field restrictions in particular

In an extract from Matt Prior's autobiography in the Telegraph, the England wicketkeeper talks about the time he was dropped from the Test side and being informed of it while he was holidaying in New York

In an open letter to Ricky Ponting, Richard Hinds in the Sydney Morning Herald regrets having once ridiculed the idea of asking him to come out of retirement, but given Australia's desperate batting situation, the calls for his return might get lou

Root's batting has an impudent streak to it, in contrast with his apparent soft demeanour, writes Andy Bull in the Guardian

Do Pakistan's batting failures suggest a dearth of talent? Or are they simply a result of poor selection? Scyld Berry analyses the situation in the Telegraph

Mushtaq Mohammad took Aditya Iyer of the Indian Express on a trip down memory lane to explain how he invented the reverse sweep

Stephen Brenkley of The Independent caught up with the former head of FICA Tim May who predicted a grim future for Cricket if a majority of the game's finances are consolidated in one country

In the Guardian, Andy Wilson asks if there is a danger that for much of this summer there will be a real danger of feeling sorry for Australia