The Surfer

The Zimbabwe Independent interviews Zimbabwe's young captain Terry Duffin, a man with cricket's least enviable job

Cricket's least envied captain

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

A job clearly botched up

Frakn Tyson writes in The Sportstar that the Australian selectors were only paying lip-service to the issue of youthful promise in their deliberations.

25-Feb-2013•Sriram Veera

Growing up with Shaun Udal

Clive Udal, cousin of Shaun, talks about Shaun's formative years in cricket, which began in a Hampshire village

As Australia and South Africa kick off the second Test at Durban, the newspapers crackled with expectation:

Stage set for Durban dogfight

West Indies are seeking redemption in the third and final Test against New Zealand while the hosts are looking to pull off a clean sweep in preparation for their expected tough tour of South Africa

Bruise-some threesome and other stories

25-Feb-2013•Sriram Veera

Walk the walk with Phil Tufnell

Although not known for his athleticism or love of exercise during his playing days, Phil Tufnell is calling upon Ealing residents to join him on a sponsored walk along the Thames :

Matthew Hoggard, in his tour diary at The Times is confused and bemused about India's sudden collapse...and in particular, the outlandish dismissal of Mahendra Dhoni:

What on earth was Mahendra Dhoni doing?

Australia respect for England 'high as ever'

Surpassing the Ashes

Geoff Boycott says in The Daily Telegraph that Andrew Flintoff has 'an intuitive feel for the job' and would do a 'fantastic job' if and when Michael Vaughan retires.

Flintoff would make a good captain

After the ICC’s report about racism in Australian crowds, Trevor Marshallsea writes in the Sydney Morning Herald about whether spectators will be able to call next year’s tourists “Pommy bastards” .

Is ‘Pommy bastard’ racist?

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Let him be, let him choose

Kadambari Murali writes about the reason she fell in love with cricket, and hopes Tendulkar gets a chance to choose his time of exit.

Call to 'raise the alarm'

It is often said that the future stars of English cricket are hidden away in the strong leagues which are filled with talented Asian players

The hidden future

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Now you can read this

Simon Barnes told the readers of The Times not to pick up the paper this morning

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Waiting for the Caribbean flair

Some day, it'll just not be worth it

It may be hard to believe, with temperatures in the UK barely breaking freezing point, but the new season is just around the corner

Water, water, not everywhere

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

The making of The Wall

Vedam Jaishankar, Rahul Dravid's biographer, writes about Dravid's formative years in cricket,higlighting his ability to convert disadvantages to opportunities.Read the full piece in Rediff .

Not many would have imagined there would come a day when Sachin Tendulkar was booed out of his home ground at Mumbai.

Trashing Tendulkar isn't cricket