The Surfer

Sachin Tendulkar talks to Bobby Ghosh and Nilanjana Bhowmick about his expectations of himself, the importance of enjoying his cricket, on his inner monologue while batting, and more

"I’ve got to be myself"

The IPL governing council have tried their best to make the tournament a level playing field by putting a cap on spend during auctions and limiting the number of players a team can recruit

Financial cap for IPL trading window

When to retire and what to do with your new life

When does one retire?

West Indies spinner Sunil Narine - left out of the tour to England - has been one of the bowling stars in the ongoing IPL season for his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders

Narine's absence will be felt

At a time when the popularity of Twenty20 cricket leagues is on an incline, Osman Samiuddin, writing in the National , says that the T20 cricketer is not always in sync with national pride as he must choose between club or country

T20 cricketer not in sync with national pride

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Cricket, cash and country

Hilary Beckles, in Trinidad Express , about the saga of West Indies' stars walking away and playing cricket elsewhere.

England batsman Jonathan Trott, who has scored 2319 from 28 Tests at 52.70, is being touted as England’s best number three in a generation

Jonathan Trott and the science of selfishness

25-Feb-2013•Carlyle Laurie

IPL still a sought-after TV property?

Has the IPL hit rocky waters in terms of advertisers

If you had to be named after a fictional character, PG Wodehouse's Mike Jackson would do nicely, says Stephen Brenkley in the Independent , and that's where Mike Griffith, the next president of MCC, got his.

The next MCC president's Wodehouse connection

Few batsmen fail as rarely as Shane Watson, states the Old Batsman blog, but unfortunately, few succeed as rarely as Watson either

Shane Watson: Against Nature

In 2009, Kamran Khan was Rajasthan Royals’ mystery pick and hailed by captain Shane Warne as as the “next big thing”

Where is Kamran Khan today?

The Men's Hour podcast on the BBC website features former England cricket captain Adam Hollioake as he steps into the cage to fight for the first time, and investigates the rise of mixed martial arts among men.

Adam Hollioake and cage-fighting

The number one team in Test cricket playing in their home conditions, cold weather and lively pitches are just few of the problems that the West Indies team will encounter on their tour of England

Can West Indies build on the positives?

The demographics of English cricket have changed in the last decade, with more players from privileged backgrounds making it to higher grades of cricket, says Scyld Berry in The Telegraph

Cricket talent slipping through England's nets

By pitting John Wright's intuitiveness against John Buchanan's ingenuity, two opposite ideologies, NZC created a situation that was expected to go out of hand

NZC's confusion to find the Wright way

Michael Clarke's captaincy has already yielded solid results for Australia at home and in the Caribbean

Clarke's growth as a leader

Sachin Tendulkar needs to keep a straight bat if he's to remain immortal, says Mukul Kesavan, in the National .

Tendulkar needs to rein his handlers in

In bestowing upon Sachin Tendulkar the status of a god, we will eventually make him our victim, says Ajaz Ashraf in Pakistan's Daily Times .

The tragedy of overly building up Tendulkar