Sourav Ganguly turned 40 today

The decision to appoint 21-year-old Kane Williamson as interim New Zealand cricket captain smacks as cruel, writes Andrew Alderson in the Herald on Sunday .

Hilary Beckles, writing in The Nation , reasons why Darren Sammy is the right man to lead West Indies

Gautam Gambhir, in a candid interview with NDTV , explains his state of mind during his move out of Delhi Daredevils in 2011, and provides insight into his style of leadership which took Kolkata Knight Riders to their maiden IPL title in 2012.

In the National , Osman Samiuddin describes the origins of the National Stadium in Karachi, why it became Pakistan's fortress, and how it is now mostly deserted.

"Quiz Srinivasan Narayanaswami about cricket and the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)—cricket world’s wealthiest administrative body—will dish out rote responses with his much-publicized, trademark straight face

Kamran Khan returns to farming : Kamran Khan, the former Rajasthan Royals left-arm seamer who was picked up by Pune Warriors last year, has returned to work on his brother’s farm in Nadwa Sarai village in Uttar Pradesh

Most IPL franchises would love to play more than four foreign players; so rich is some of the talent sitting on the bench

Critics “evil,” says Samuels: Most bowlers who have been warned for a suspect action keep mum and work on correcting it

Last year Jimmy Anderson said this England team could be the best England team of all time

Something, it is possible to deduce, is wrong

Jesse Ryder is a slow learner

Less than two years ago, India's next generation of players was led by Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma

Has anyone up there contemplated life after Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher

After the incident at the Gabba, where R Ashwin appealed for a run out against Lahiru Thirimanne who was backing up too far at the non-striker's end, Greg Baum, in the Sydney Morning Herald , dug up some history of the beginnings of the Mankad.

Ricky Ponting says he wants to continue playing Test cricket and that he feels he can continue to contribute to the success of the team

Ricky Ponting chose this fate

"With Clarke unavailable for one ODI, it seemed logical that either the vice-captain, David Warner, took his place or Haddin returned to the side," writes Ian Chappell in the Courier Mail

In the Sunday Guardian , Dileep Premachandran writes that India's batting greats should bow out like Nasser Hussain, who scored a century in his final Test and timed his retirement perfectly, and not like Kapil Dev and Javed Mianded, who played on

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