The news that Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson have turned down the chance to play in the IPL comes like a gust of fresh breeze, writes Sharda Ugra in her India Today blog.

Having helped England's women side retain the Ashes, Kolkata-born Isa Guha speaks to the Telegraph 's Amit Roy about her Indian connection

It’s a travesty that a bowler reported for chucking is sent to the NCA, gets cleared and returns, only to be reported again, writes Makarand Waingankar in the Hindu .

Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane were probably the greatest footballers to play for France

Yuvraj Singh’s life sketch at the moment is incomplete, writes Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times

There are 480 letters, 59 words, 15 members and one team, writes GS Vivek in the Indian Express

For lovers of cricket literature, there is a venue that one cannot miss: Roger Page's unbelievable collection in a suburb outside Melbourne

John Gloster's school, David Hookes' bat and cap and when Ricky Ponting was part of the groundstaff - all in Adelaide

John Traicos debuted with the mighty South African team of the late ‘60s and ended as the elder statesman in a young Zimbabwean side

A light-hearted cheer went up near the Prindville Stand around six in the evening

We're standing waiting for Ricky Ponting to arrive for the pre-match press conference when a friendly, unassuming man begins a conversation about India, cricket and everything in between

The first thing I see walking into the WACA is the John Inverarity stand

We have an evening flight to Perth and decide to visit the Parliament house in Canberra

The Indians sides to have played at the Manuka Oval in the past and why the ground has a Maori name

"I don't think we're generally big sledgers," said Mark Higgs, the ACT XI captain

What Australian readers have been writing in to newspapers regarding the Sydney Test

"Phil Emery was a better keeper at that time," remembers Steve Rixon, who was coaching the New South Wales side in the 1992-93 season when Adam Gilchrist made his first-class debut