Specials

    The intricacies of setting a field

The Insider: It's not as simple as having men in right places at right times, deliberate vacant spaces are just as important

    Rubbing shoulders with giants

All the game's greats start - or end up - at local clubs alongside local players. So what is it like sharing your dressing room with a legend?

    Only cricketers can save cricket

Peter Roebuck: Time is up for making excuses and passing the buck; administrators and anti-corruption bodies can do no good if players keep giving in to temptations

    Shoring up the top order

The List: Series in which a team's last five wickets added more runs than those for the first five, like Pakistan's did against England

    'Fixing is cricket's global-warming challenge'

Time Out: Geoff Lawson, Ian Chappell, Sanjay Manjrekar and Pradeep Magazine discuss the spot-fixing controversy's impact

    Parochialism wanted

For the Champions League to grow, the fans need to feel connected to their players. The current format disallows that, says Dileep Premachandran