The Surfer

As negotiations continue between the broadcasters and the BCCI over access to facilities in India, the BBC's credibility has been called into question if they do not broadcast from the grounds

As Virender Sehwag prepares plays a Ranji Trophy match after five years when Delhi take on Uttar Pradesh on Friday, old memories are evoked

As the ICC gave a green signal to day-night Tests on Monday, S Dinakar in The Hindu expresses disappointment with ICC's apparent lack of vision

Having burst onto the international scene with a blazing innings for England against India in Cardiff, Jonathan Liew, writing in The Telegraph, finds a player that seems to play better the less he thinks about the game

Gideon Haigh, writing in The Australian, judges the contrasting selection principles of former selector Andrew Hilditch and the present John Inverarity, concluding that Inverarity's straightforward approach is the better one.

The BCCI refused to provide space and access to BBC and Sky commentators for England's tour of India, citing "overbearing costs" as the excuse

An editorial in the Asian Age says that the IPL teams showed a lack of spirit in demanding conditions in South Africa and such attitude is leading to the erosion of a valuable property like the Champions League

In his weekly column in Island Cricket, Russel Arnold suggests that Lasith Malinga, who has been named vice-captain of Sri Lanka's Twenty20 team, would have made a good captain as he is one who keeps a sharp eye on the game.

Mitchell Starc started playing cricket as a wicketkeeper, he reveals in an interview in CLT20.com, and it was much later that he realised that his height held him in good stead for a bowling role

South Africa is going to Australia with their recently earned No.1 Test ranking at stake and Graeme Smith knows that Australia is never an easy place to tour. He talks to Neil Manthorp in the Supersport

Alastair Cook has a massive responsibility as a captain leading his team on a tour to India, but that job will become significantly easier if he gets runs and bats long at the top, says Stephen Brenkley in the Independent

The No. 6 position has long been a troublesome spot for the Indian Test team, and the leading contenders for that slot ahead of the Tests against England are the returning Yuvraj Singh and the incumbent Suresh Raina

Ricky Ponting talks to Ian Chappell about his retirement plans, his slump in form, his comeback and his preparation ahead of the upcoming international season in an interview in the Daily Telegraph

Roy Greenslade in a blog in the Guardian, tells the tale of Trevor Wignall, a Daily Express journalist, who believed he had a scoop about the illness in the Australian camp during their England tour of 1934

The Duleep Trophy, which was preponed to October from February by the previous BCCI technical committee, didn't have enough top-flight Indian players due to the Champions League T20

A month after Sandeep Patil was appointed chairman of India's selection committee, he has made a strong statement by leaving out Rohit Sharma from the India A squad to face England, believes R Kaushik in Wisden India

Although the Hyderabad IPL franchise was bought for double its purchasing amount in 2008, it is a big fall from the amounts paid to purchase the Kochi and Pune franchises in 2010

In the Guardian, Barney Ronay rips into the Champions League in the weekly Spin

In the Trinidad Guardian, Alvin Corneal pays tribute to Lance Murray, a former Trinidad & Tobago player and cricket administrator, who died this week

Nick Compton will soon be embarking on his first international assignment, England's tour to India - an opportunity that has come after much hard-graft in the county circuit