The Surfer

Shaun Tait is recovering well from his injury and met Chloe Saltau in The Age :

Last week Shabbir Ahmed became the first bowler to be banned for 12 months under the new bowling review regulations

The Daily Telegraph’s Tim Morrissey complains about Glenn McGrath’s resting from his home-ground and asks Cricket Australia to revisit its rotation policy

Stephen Brenkley writes an interesting article on Dusty Rhodes , who played once for England in 1959 and who was called for throwing:

Mike Atherton comments in the Sunday Telegraph that modern players are increasingly ignorant of the players that came before them

Shane Warne’s life really will be a soap opera when he makes a guest performance on Neighbours .

The Sunday Times have a "Big Interview" with Andrew Flintoff

Nari Contractor looks back at the 1960-61 series he played against Pakistan and talks about the pressure of playing against the arch-rivals.

Fancy your coach digging graves to make ends meet

Peter Roebuck criticises the pitch at Lahore and hopes Faisalabad doesn't present a curate' egg

Phil Jaques is a fine batsman and much more can be expected from him

It's not just the cricket press ..

Ah, rock stars, they can be a demanding lot

Veteran warhorse Andrew Flintoff, 27, has been awarded a benefit this year, news which can't have come as much of a shock to the limelight-bathed allrounder, or indeed his adoring nation.

Michael Hussey could have been lost to squash as a junior

The turncoat turns for home

VB Chandrasekar, national selector who is on his way to Pakistan to join the Indian team-management, said that he was surprised to see Rahul Dravid open the batting in the first Test

He didn't have a terrific tour of Pakistan, and by all accounts his new nickname - Shaun Noodle (geddit?) - won't be leaving him any time soon :

England's women international, Isa Guha, recently returned to her roots on the tour of India and Sri Lanka, and tells the Ealing Times about a hot, noisy, daunting but exhilarating experience.

Salman Butt, the opener, and Kamran Akmal, the wicketkeeper, who got engaged recently have said the ‘nikah’ or formal marriage will have to wait until after the 45-day cricket series concludes on february 19