West Indies: from amazing to abysmal
Series between Australia and West Indies used to be keenly anticipated not so long ago, but over the last 10 years the stats have been hopelessly one-sided
The sparsest and the busiest careers
Players who've played few Tests over a long career, and those who've played a sizeable number in a short span of time
Test cricket's lack of centurions
Captaining on debut, the highest all-out ODI score and the most lbws in an innings and match
As England kick off their series in South Africa, Martin Williamson looks back to a tour that drew the fury of the wider world
November 23: The birth of a celebrated sledger and drinker
And God Created Cricket has plenty of fun, good stories and research, but it isn't, as the blurb claims, the real history of cricket
Ian Botham hits out at the proliferation of Twenty20, the idiots who booed Ponting, and all the talk of pressure. Interview by Sam Pilger
'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. He tells Peter English about switching sides, and how much things have changed for him
Pakistan win the World Twenty20
When it all came together, thrillingly, dangerously, solidly, for a team, a country, that needed it badly. By Osman Samiuddin
Why we need a truly global Champions League
Cut Tests down to three days, and use the franchise model effectively to expand the scope of cricket
Sri Lanka took their foot off the gas
There was a noticeable lack of intent especially on the third evening and fourth morning
Good on Dravid and Mahela, pity about the pitch
People come hoping to see a result, which is why flat pitches aren't doing Test cricket's cause any good
Dead pitches killing Tests in India
Why mouth platitudes about the sanctity of Test cricket when matches are played out in front of paltry crowds on pitches designed to drag the game off to the post-mortem table?