Legends of Cricket

Regulars

Virender Sehwag seasons his bat

Numbers Game

The cream of the opening crop

A look at the teams, and batsmen, who have the best records at the top of the order in the last 40 years. By S Rajesh

Umar Gul timed the ball supremely on the third morning to take Pakistan clear of the follow-on target

The List

Shoring up the top order

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

Tony Greig

Ask Steven

Feasts for two, and tall Test centurions

Fathers and sons with Test tons, lowest first-innings totals in wins, most ducks in a match, and the only Test cricketer born in Malaysia

Jonathan Trott celebrates reaching his superb hundred

Numbers Game

Can Trott solve England's No.3 headache?

Over the last four decades, England's No. 3 has been the poorest among the top sides. Jonathan Trott has the opportunity to put an end to that trend

Ranjitsinhji strides into The Oval, circa 1912

On This Day

Prince of the Golden Age

September 10: No one ever batted quite like Ranjitsinhji, who was a captivating mixture of flexibility, timing and grace

Review

The cover of the 2008 <I>Wisden Cricketers' Almanack</I>

Reviews

Wisdens from 1930s, sans dog ears

Willows' high-quality reprints of old Almanacks are a salvation for genuine collectors. By Martin Williamson

Highlights

The Insider

The intricacies of setting a field

It's not as simple as having men in right places at right times, deliberate vacant spaces are just as important. By Aakash Chopra

Features

Rubbing shoulders with giants

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? By Josh Burrows

Features

Coming back to life

Zaheer Khan talks injuries and comebacks, and the frustration and patience involved between the two. By Sidharth Monga

Opinion

New South Wales celebrate their Champions League victory

Harsha Bhogle

Time for the unknowns to shine

The Champions League offers a world stage to those who never thought they'd get one. Let's hope we can enjoy a clean tournament

Ricky Ponting was booed by the Headingley crowd

Peter Roebuck

Only cricketers can save cricket

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

Kieron Pollard smashes one over the off side

Dileep Premachandran

Parochialism wanted

For the Champions League to gain the sort of profile its football counterpart enjoys, the fans need to feel connected to their players. The current format disallows that

Rohit Sharma ended with an amazing 4 for 6

Sanjay Manjrekar

The problems with India's young batsmen

How the next generation of Indian batsmen could sort out technical flaws