The Surfer

With overseas debacles in England and Australia, Duncan Fletcher hasn't had the best of starts to his tenure as India's coach, but it's too early to write him off, writes Bharat Sundaresan in the Indian Express

Tony Greig won't be part of this season's commentary team as he has been diagnosed with cancer, and Ian Chappell says in the Daily Telegraph that it won't be the same without him

Sections of the media were abuzz with news of the secret plans of the Australian team being leaked before the first Test match against South Africa

In the Australian, Gideon Haigh analyses the career of Jacques Kallis, and looks at the comparisons with Garry Sobers

Five decades in the commentary box and does Richie Benaud still get nervous? Yes, says Benaud as he tells reporter Christine Sams in the Sydney Morning Herald about his life as a commentator

Vijay Lokpally, in the Hindu, speaks to veteran cricket writer Surya Prakash Chaturvedi on his love for cricket and the decline in sports writing

As the Order of Australia was conferred on Sachin Tendulkar, Charles Happell, writing in www.backpagelead.com.au, ponders over its justification

Stephan Shemilt and Jimmy Smallwood, writing for the BBC, ask whether Michael Clarke's side can continue their five-series winning spree to claim top ranking

Outlook India 's Pushpa Iyengar profiles Kalanidhi Maran, the Sun Group's reclusive chief

England's batsman, Nick Compton, through his innings of an unbeaten 64 against Mumbai A, has shown the qualities of batsmanship for which he was picked, says Mike Selvey in The Guardian

Bowling the 'doosra', though proved a legal delivery, is being discouraged in countries like England and Australia due to their orthodox views on the perception of the proper bowling action

It is still not clear is why some performers are repeatedly ignored by India's selectors, regardless of the change in guard, says WV Raman in Wisden India

Cricket writer Gideon Haigh talks to Warren Boland about his new book about legspinner Shane Warne, On Warne

New Zealand's low standard of domestic cricket, writes Andy Roo in The Roar, has been a hindrance to their rise in international cricket

ICC's approval of the idea of playing day-night Tests was the right way forward, believes Suresh Menon, writing in espnstar.com

Simon Taufel, who has retired as an international umpire, was so good at umpiring that he went unnoticed throughout his career, writes Osman Samiuddin in The National

Many of the Indian players who are a part of the squad for the first Test against England are trying to get match practice through the Ranji Trophy

Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis bestride Test cricket - but how much longer will the magic spell last?

It has been 18 months since John Buchanan became NZC's director of cricket, and with New Zealand's consistent defeats and the resignation of coach John Wright, his tenure hasn't been altogether productive

In the New Zealand Herald, David Leggat writes that the endless rain in Sri Lanka begs the question as to why the series was scheduled in among the wettest months of the year