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1. Pen in One Hand, Cricket Bat in the Other (New York Times) - The author Joseph O?Neill is a member of the Staten Island Cricket Club, and has just written a novel about the sport.

2. England openers hold firm in first NZ cricket Test (TODAYonline) - England's opening batsmen Andrew Strauss (L) and Alastair Cook at Lord's cricket ground, north-west London, on May 16. Strauss and Cook continued to blunt the New Zealand attack on the morning of day three of the first Test.

3. Cricket: Sidebottom promises more aggression (+photos) (The New Zealand Herald) - LONDON - After a rare off-day, a rejuvenated England paceman Ryan Sidebottom has promised more fireworks for New Zealand's batsmen in the three-test cricket series.

4. Samirâ€™s cricket mania (The Times of India) - Itâ€™s a weird coincidence, but thereâ€™s too much of cricket happening in Samir Kocharâ€™s life.

5. The moment a BBC cricket commentator couldn't stop laughing at the player who couldn't keep his rod down (Daily Mail) - Whenever radio commentators try to control their giggles, it seems they always fail the Test. Radio 4's cricket pundit Christopher Martin-Jenkins yesterday experienced 'corpsing' - the uncontrollable laughter that strikes at the most inappropriate moments

6. England openers hold firm in first NZ cricket Test (AFP via Yahoo! News) - England openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook continued to blunt the New Zealand attack on the morning of day three of the first Test here at Lord's on Saturday.

7. Sydney cricket ground stand not to be named after Waugh (New Kerala) - Sydney, May 17 : Steve Waugh may be the fans' favourite to have a new multi-million dollar stand being built at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) named after him, but he does not qualify as only players retired for ten years are considered for the honour, a media report said Saturday.

8. QCA 2 clinch top honours in womenâ€™s cricket tourney (Gulf Times) - QCA 2 registered a three-wicket victory over QCA 1 in the first women's cricket tournament organised by Qatar Cricket Association at the West Bay cricket ground.

9. Lord's: home of cricket's most exclusive gift shop (Times Online) - â€œWe have to brand the home of cricket carefully. We do not want to cheapen it.' - Keith Bradshaw, the secretary of MCC, announcing plans to put the Lord's logo on an expanded range of consumer products .

10. Cricket: Oram demands improvement as England take charge (The New Zealand Herald) - LONDON - Allrounder Jacob Oram called for sharp improvement from the New Zealand bowlers or face being "wiped off the park" by England in the first cricket test at Lord's.