The Surfer

Australia’s desperate search for an allrounder this summer may have overlooked Brett Lee

Inzamam-ul-Haq has blasted the pitch at Lahore and rubbishes claims that he had asked for a batting wicket

A club's cricket square near Cowbridge, South Wales, was vandalised last week , and the club is offering a £200 reward to anyone who can help prosecute the vandals responsible

R Mohan believes Ajit Agarkar is past his sell date in Test cricket and suggests alternatives

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Dilip Vengsarkar, former India captains, are shocked that Virender Sehwag hadn't heard of Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad, who hold the world-record opening partnership

Trevor Chesterfield recalls listening on crackling radio in faraway New Zealand as Indian openers set the record.

His quick eye just allows him to hit the ball on the up

Bob Simpson, Australia's former coach, has taken aim at Ricky Ponting and Australia's attitude towards sledging which reminds him "of the behaviour of small children and the bravado they use to disguise their own fallibilities".

There’s a scientific explanation for Virender Sehwag's return to form

Shoaib Akhtar in a bid to maintain his fitness at the optimum level and avoid any foot injuries uses specially made boots, each pair costing 500 pounds (about 53,000 Pakistani rupees), and he carries five pairs in his kit bag.

IS over-appealing leading to the spate of very poor umpiring decisions in international matches over the last 12 months

A 15-year-old cricketer from Australia was bitten by a brown snake last Thursday, and the following morning promptly took a hat-trick in his first A-grade game:

Waqar Younis is fuming

Bollywood v Cricket Pakistan’s love and craze for Bollywood and Indian tele-serials continued even as the Indian team is there on a 45-day tour to play three Tests and five one-day internationals

Sanjjeev Samyal of Mid Day , the Mumbai-based tabloid, had a practice session with a local club to understand the nuances of tape ball cricket , which is a rage in Pakistan.

Clayton Murzello, sports editor of Mid-Day , the Mumbai-based daily , looks back at the world-record opening partnership of 413 between Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad in 1955-56 that Sehwag and Dravid came within an ace of breaking

The ECB’s goal of England becoming the world’s best team by 2007 will probably elude them because they don’t have a quality spinner, says Vic Marks

The Newkerala reports that "most" of the Indians travelling to Pakistan on so-called "cricket visas" aren't there to watch the cricket at all

Wasim Bari, former Pakistan wicketkeeper and current chairman of selectors, appears to be floored by Rahul Dravid

PCB definitely doesn’t see it red