The Surfer

The quality of West Indies’ fast bowlers in the 1980’s was a cut above the rest, with Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and Joel Garner testing batsmen around the world

West Indies fast bowlers will test England

Former Australian batsman Marcus North, who played for Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Lancashire during his career, says in the Sydney Morning Herald that he considers himself extremely privileged to be able to play county

The privilege of county cricket

With the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Liverpool only a few days away

FA Cup final cricketers

In this year’s IPL, on average about 40 runs have been scored at the death in the first innings for the first 35 matches

Where have all the yorkers gone?

With eight wins in ten matches, Delhi Daredevils is the team to beat in the IPL this season

The man behind Daredevils’ supremacy

Former Australian batsman Justin Langer, writing for cricketcountry.com , says if cricket is a religion in India, it is theatre and night club in the Caribbean.

'Cricket is theatre in the Caribbean' - Langer

Sunil Gavaskar, was, and always will be, the pioneer of modern Indian cricket, according to Tom Alter

From hero to adorning a sideshow

The success of the IPL in India has distorted the cricket landscape, writes Greg Chappell in The Hindu

Are we killing the golden goose?

As West Indies arrive in England for the Test series, Stephen Brenkley writes that cricket in the Caribbean, once so joyous and victorious, is in an unholy mess

Chaos in the Caribbean

Sachin Tendulkar’s nomination to the Rajya Sabha has been generally cheered by the nation

Criticism of Tendulkar's Rajya Sabha nomination unfortunate

In the Guardian Shehan Karunatilaka, the author of Chinaman , picks his ten favourites cricket books, including classics like Beyond a boundary and Don Bradman's Art of cricket .

Top 10 cricket books

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Flamboyant Farokh

In the Times of India , Makarand Waingankar looks back at the fun-filled career of former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer

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A low-key IPL is not good news for the league

For the league to survive, IPL 5 must draw more fans and profit in its second half, says Desh Gaurav Chopra Sekhri in the Indian Express .

England’s fast bowler James Anderson recently said he wanted the current side to be one of the greatest England teams there has ever been

Is the current England side the country's greatest?

Ed Jackson, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , says that despite Australia’s recent Test success against West Indies

Toughest tests loom for Clarke

Two months into his job as Pakistan coach, Dav Whatmore speaks to the National 's Osman Samiuddin about why he decided to take up the post, his plans for the side and how difficult coaching in the subcontinent can be.

'I'm about winning' - Dav Whatmore

West Indies' bowling is their strong suit and their coach is familiar with the conditions, but will their batsmen step up to the challenge posed by the England quicks, asks Alec Stewart in BBC Sport .

Stewart weighs up West Indies' chances in England

Mark Geenty, writing for Fairfax NZ News , says John Wright stepped in at one of New Zealand Cricket's darkest hours and, in a cruel irony, walks away with the sport plunged back to the abyss of December 2010.

John Wright has right to be angry

Dale Steyn produced arguably the most testing spell in IPL history against Mumbai Indians on Sunday and picked up two wickets for ten runs

Steyn turns on the magic