The Surfer

In a long interview with Donald McRae in the Guardian, Andrew Strauss talks about how emotional a day it was when he decided to retire, how surprised he was at the breakdown in relations with Pietersen and his plans for future

Hilal Suhaib, writing on the Island Cricket website, says the Sri Lanka Premier League and the way it was run may have landed Sri Lanka Cricket in more financial trouble

There's a middle ground to the Afridi debate that's hard to establish, and he continues to play because he has fans who back him to the hilt, writes Hassan Cheema in Dawn

Daren Ganga, in this article in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, writes of his first tour with West Indies to South Africa in 1999 and a surprising phone call that changed his life

Peter Hayter meets James Anderson and his wife Daniella, who speaks of the strains on family life when her husband's away on tour for a good part of the year

Any bowler getting called for 'chucking' during a match causes distress to the players and the spectators, but it can be shattering for the bowler

The match between Pakistan All Star XI and International XI in Karachi may not lead to international tours in the near future, but for a country deprived of international cricket, the match could be the entertainment the fans have been craving for

Are Cricket Australia selectors becoming obsessed with Shane Watson?

The true test of KP's 'reintegration' into the England fold will come when the chips are down and the changing room door closes, writes Angus Fraser in the Independent

The shooting of the 14-year-old Pakistani girl Malala, who blogged against the atrocities of the Taliban in her native SWAT Valley has united Pakistanis in anger and there appears to be plenty of support

With the BCCI floating a tender for a new franchise, there are no takers for application forms. Aminah Sheikh and Khushboo Narayan in Livemint find out why some corporates are staying away

Clayton Murzello, in the Mid-Day, talks to one of India's oldest Test cricketers - Roshan 'Deepak' Shodhan - who has revealed that some of his team-mates threw their wickets in a bid to deny him his his debut Test ton

Wright Thompson, writer with ESPN.com, chats with Subash Jayaraman in Couch Talk on his foray into cricket writing since the 2011 World Cup, his writing technique and methods, cricket administration and more

As Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced an Order of Australia to be conferred on Sachin Tendulkar, Peter Munro, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, reasons it could be a tactic for diplomacy

Ahead of England's tour of India, fast bowler James Anderson and offspinner Graeme Swann talk about the 2-0 Test series loss to South Africa, Cook's dull personality.

It has been 60 years since the Pakistan team left Amritsar by train for Delhi for their first official Test, and Abdul Kardar's men were received at the railway station by India captain Lala Amarnath

B Alaganan, who captained Tamil Nadu to their maiden Ranji Trophy title in the 1950s, died earlier this week. S Thyagarajan pays tribute to Alaganan, who was also a famous radio commentator, in the Hindu

Pulina Tharanga continues to draw attention in Sri Lanka's cricket circles and impressed Kumar Sangakkara with a gutsy innings at the recently concluded Under-19 World Cup

An editorial in the Jamaica Gleaner says that the clash between lucrative professional leagues and representing West Indies has long dogged the region's players, but with the mushrooming of T20 leagues, Test cricket looks likely to be the loser

David Frith in the Daily News and Analysis, writes that Darren Sammy and his team need to channel the talent visible during their World T20 win into something more solid and lasting