Specials

The dependables     

All-time XI: Six contenders for South Africa's three middle-order spots - none of whom was in the habit of letting the side down

Seven tons in a Test, and Murali's travails     

Ask Steven: Teams scoring 400 in both innings, and both wicketkeepers scoring centuries

Reason against force in the free-to-air debate     

The battle between the ECB and the government works at two levels. By William Buckland

'I never expected to play Test cricket'     

In a little over three years, Brendan Nash has gone from being an Australia substitute fielder to playing a Test against them

'Greed is killing the game'     

Ian Botham hits out at the proliferation of Twenty20, the idiots who booed Ponting, and all the talk of pressure

Why we need a truly global Champions League     

Ian Chappell: Cut Tests down to three days, and use the franchise model effectively to expand the scope of cricket