The Surfer

Andrew Strauss's England side played a bit like the one that was mauled in the 2006-07 Ashes whitewash, Ted Corbett writes in the Hindu of England's loss to Pakistan in Dubai

England back to their most pathetic

Anshuman Gaekwad, the former India batsman, writes in DNA that Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are not focusing enough on defence in Australia

India openers must change approach

Ishant Sharma's average of 81 and strike-rate of 131.2 on India's tour of Australia would have been more appropriate for a batsman, says G Unnikrishnan in the Deccan Herald

Ishant has flattered to deceive

In DNA , TA Sekhar, the fast-bowling coach, says that India do not do enough research on how to prepare fast bowlers and keep them away from injuries

India's approach to fast bowling wrong

After he was handed a ban in March 2010, Younis Khan’s Pakistan career seemed finished

Why Younis Khan quit captaincy

Nasser Hussain, in the Daily Mail , says England's batsmen can hardly complain about their poor performance in the defeat in Dubai, given they had four months of rest, and the major problem is their inability so far to read Saeed Ajmal.

England's batting the major worry

We have finally got what we wanted from Pakistan - a rather uneventful day at the cricket - highlighting just how far they have come from the spot-fixing summer, writes Martin Samuel in the Daily Mail .

Classic Test match grind

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

India need changes for Adelaide

"It is amusing that the argument for drastic changes still needs to be made

On deeper inspection, the more unsettling aspect of watching Pakistan over the past year - like the feeling, post-advertising, that what you've got is not what you were sold but will have to do - has not been their generally attritional, even dour

Slowly does it for Pakistan

Ian Chappell, writing in the Hindustan Times , says MS Dhoni is no longer India's answer in Test cricket.

Dhoni doesn't warrant a guaranteed Test spot

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Trying out the Stuart Broad diet

Jonathan Liew, a member of the Daily Telegraph , is put on Stuart Broad's diet for a few days, and tells the tale

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Watling as New Zealand's Test keeper is a gamble

So BJ Watling has the inside running to be New Zealand's next Test wicketkeeper, but of the two contenders in the squad logic and pure numbers suggest Kruger van Wyk should be the frontrunner, says Fred Woodcock, writing for Fairfax NZ News .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

India's meek surrender painful to watch - Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly, in his column in the Sydney Morning Herald , says India's selectors will need to take some strong, fair and honest decisions ahead of the Adelaide Test folowing the side's series loss.

Stephen Brenkley, writing in the Independent , says Pakistan have rebuilt considerably since the scandal-marred England tour in 2010, ensuring consistency in team selection under Misbah-ul-Haq

'Pakistan have come a long way'

Andrew Strauss should not get caught up in trying to ensure England's series against Pakistan in the UAE is incident-free, Michael Vaughan writes in the Daily Telegraph

England must be aggressive in the UAE

Chloe Saltau, writing in the Age , says the "gluttony" of administrators in trying to squeeze in more limited-overs cricket, usually matches without context, is proving detrimental to the game

Administrators' gluttony weighing cricket down

India's rapid dip in fortunes since winning the World Cup should not surprise anyone, Mihir Bose says in Outlook

A contentment with mediocrity

"I was surprised with India's decision to field four quicks and I honestly felt Pragyan Ojha would have been a good choice

WACA pitch not a green monster