The Surfer

'I had no intention of being a fast bowler'

Ian Bishop, on the Cricket Couch , talks about starting out as an opening batsman, a being timid kid, the mental attributes needed to be a quick, and how tough it was for him to quit cricket early.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

South Africa fully deserve the mace

South Africa's all-round excellence makes them worthy new world leaders, writes Kevin Garside in the Independent

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Steven Finn showcases his skills

England had a couple of selectorial dilemmas before this Test

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

VVS Laxman, the artiste

With VVS Laxman’s exit, one of Indian cricket’s most glorious chapters of aesthetic batting has shut, says Vijay Lokapally in the Hindu .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

West Indies' steps towards erasing difficult phase

West Indies' victories in the past two decades have been few and far between

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

NZC needs to be more responsible

Ahead of New Zealand's tour of India, the team finds itself surrounded by problems after a disastrous tour of the West Indies, something that New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has to address to be in a position to call itself a "world leading sports

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Pietersen's insecurity has led to his downfall

The Pietersen saga has put the batsman in a negative light and eventually led to his omission from the England squad

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Pietersen may not be the only one at fault

Although Kevin Pietersen did himself no favours by letting the world know about his discomfort in the England dressing room, Paul Newman, in his column in the Daily Mail , wonders whether it was forced on him because he wasn't accepted the way he

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Chinese cricketer breaks boundaries

Jiang Shuyao - the first Chinese cricketer to play in an overseas league - has travelled from Shenyang, China to play club cricket in England

25-Feb-2013•Devashish Fuloria

Bolt, Blake may undermine BBL

The induction of Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake in the Big Bash League would "trivialise" the tournament, according to Chloe Saltau in the Sydney Morning Herald

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Indian selectors need enthusiasm

After the selection of the Indian Test and T20 squads last week, Makarand Waingankar, writing in the Hindu , concludes today's selectors need to be passionate and less analytical about statistics, as in the past.

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Strauss' 100th Test

The third Test against South Africa at Lord's will be England captain Andrew Strauss's 100th Test

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

South Africa's only problem has been keeping a straight face

In the Guardian , Vic Marks writes that the South Africans had cleverly jettisoned the man they feared the most, Kevin Pietersen, for the final Test by gently leaking that one or two of their players had been in receipt of text messages from him.

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

'England are brave to drop Pietersen'

Derek Pringle, writing in the Daily Telegraph , says Kevin Pietersen's exclusion from the Lord's Test is a brave move by England, showing they believe in their team unity even if it means not having the services of their most attacking batsman.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Zimbabwe's Test journey, 20 years on

It has been 20 years since Zimbabwe were extended Test status

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

'Pietersen right to say sorry'

Kevin Pietersen is likely to get picked for the third Test at Lord's, a sign of special treatment for him, says Steve James in the Telegraph on Sunday

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

'Grown up loving cricket more than track and field'

Yohan Blake, the Olympic-medal winning Jamaican sprinter, analyses India's bowling attack, and talks about miming cricket strokes during sprinting training

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

A tricky build-up to Lord's

Stephen Brenkley, in the Independent , says the latest situation involving Kevin Pietersen and the England team has made the build-up to the Lord's Test much trickier.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

How do you solve a problem like Pietersen?

Mike Selvey in the Guardian writes that if Pietersen, as he has indicated, walks away from Test cricket, England will be deprived of a linchpin of the side that still stands as the world's best in two of three formats

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

A captain who was ahead of his time

Makarand Waingankar profiles former India captain GS Ramchand , whom he describes as the ideal captain "with a mind so grounded, a nature devoted to remove problems and a temperament which avoided overconfidence while never losing confidence." More

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

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