The Surfer

Marcus Trescothick's mystery virus explanation was so ham-fisted you could have boiled it up, served it with mash and called it Eisbein, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

The curious case of the mystery virus

The series in the bag, India’s attitude could not but have bordered on audacity while England deserved the kind break even more than a traveller in the desert looking for an oasis, writes R Mohan in The Deccan Chronicle

A question of attitude

David Lloyd and Bob Willis take opposing views as they look at England's one-day attitude

Do England take ODIs seriously?

Mike Selvey, in the Guardian looks at this year's Wisden , which commemorates the Ashes summer and names Andrew Flintoff as world cricketer of the year.

The all-new fat Wisden

This day, 30 years ago, India's batsmen, led by Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, chased down a mammoth fourth-innings target of 403 at Port of Spain, setting a stunning world record

406 and all that at Port of Spain

Utopia in the stands - Watching the multi-racial supporters in the Carib Beer semis at Guaracara Park, Fazeer Mohammed in the Trinidad Express gives a glimpse of the social makeup of Trinidad

One happy family

Even a seasoned politician like Sharad Pawar has been stumped by the cricket economics

Pawar stumped by economics

Suresh Raina tells Vijay Lokapally about the hardships he had to endure while learning his cricket.

The Raina story

Sanath Jayasuriya's decision to retire from Test cricket was bound to elicit tributes

Bradman's mirror image

The English newspapers reacted to the serious crowd trouble which followed the abandonment of the Guwahati ODI with almost resigned acceptance.

Nothing more sinister than disappointment

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Masterminding India's billion dollar bonanza

As a vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it could be argued that Lalit Modi is the most important cricket administrator in the world today, writes Michael Atherton in the Sunday Telegraph .

An intriguing tale from the USA of an expat from India who arrived six years ago and turned to one of the country’s homegrown sports – baseball.

Indian cricketer serves the Red Sox faithful

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Some say he is a naughty boy ...

Nabila Ahmed meets Mohammad Ashraful , Bangladesh's shining star

Mark Footitt , the 20-year-old left-armer from Nottinghamshire, is one to watch argues Scyld Berry in the Sunday Telegraph :

Hot Footitt

25-Feb-2013•Will

Nude cricket a must

iafrica.com sports editor Dan Nicholl comes up with an ingenuous proposition for injecting a little life into very forlorn stands in domestic games

The success of England 'A' players Alastair Cook, Owais Shah and James Anderson in India is a tribute to coaching director Peter Moores , says Vic Marks in the Observer .

Future bright, if a little chilly to start

Mike Atherton writes that England and India have different attitudes towards one-day cricket but feels that if England don't want to experience another hellish week like the one that lies ahead of them now, they had better get used to the idea.

England pay for Test obsession

Ahead of Wednesday's launch of the 143rd Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, its Editor, Matthew Engel, provides another sneak-preview of the decisions behind choosing the five Cricketers of the Year in today's Times

Wisden's famous five

25-Feb-2013•Will

Langer the Lionheart

Mike Haysman in Supercricket pays tribute to a lionhearted batsman,showing just how Test cricket should be enjoyed.