Uncertain Corridors

An archaelogical probe into the state of the game

Apr 19, 2014: Cricket's premier historian comes out with another collection of essays that sound uncannily prescient about the way the game is headed

Still plenty of ifs for Butt

Apr 16, 2014: Salman Butt appears to think that redemption will be his by insisting that players should refrain from "wrongdoing". That shouldn't gain him back the trust of those he duped

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2014

Marvellous, but why so serious?

Apr 9, 2014: Wisden 2014 gets stuck into the changes in the game's administration, and picks Dale Steyn as the leading cricketer in the world, but skimps on fun for angst

Are you sitting down for this?

Apr 7, 2014: Netherlands beat England last month. A look at some other big international upsets over the years

Australia v England, Women's World T20, final, Mirpur

No sixes for England

Apr 6, 2014: Plays of the day from the final of the Women's World Twenty20 in Mirpur

The hand of the leggie

Apr 5, 2014: Legspinners have blossomed in the World T20, which has otherwise been an odd, somewhat ugly affair

Australia v WI, Women's World T20, semi-final

The switch hit that wasn't

Apr 3, 2014: Plays of the day for the 1st women's World T20 semi-final between Australia and West Indies

The World T20 roller coaster

Apr 2, 2014: Tantalising finishes, technicolor extravaganzas, and sport as opera - notes from an armchair

Bangladesh v Australia, World T20, Mirpur, Group 2

Warner's faulty switch

Apr 1, 2014: ESPNcricinfo picks the plays of the day from the World T20 match between Bangladesh and Australia

World Twenty20 2014

Fatigue no excuse for sloppy Australia

Mar 31, 2014: Australia's early exit from the World T20 could be put down to sloppy cricket on the field from a squad that looked old, unbalanced and ill-suited to the challenges of Bangladesh

Australia v India, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Naughty bails, and cool umpires

Mar 30, 2014: ESPNcricinfo presents the lays of the Day from Australia-India match in Mirpur

Australia v WI, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Ducking fielders, and tardy toecaps

Mar 28, 2014: ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the Group 2 match between Australia and West Indies

Watching Ashton Agar

Mar 28, 2014: When you make 98 from No. 11 on debut, it is your premature fate to never just be another name on a teamsheet

Selectors must be open-minded and open-armed

Mar 27, 2014: Picking a team is a tricky job, and recently England have botched it more often than not. It helps to have a captain who understands the importance of star players

Australia v Pakistan, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Maxwell finds his feet under pressure

Mar 24, 2014: Glenn Maxwell came in with Australia two down in the first over, but he didn't let that bog him down, choosing instead to take advantage of the field restrictions to launch a methodical counterattack

Australia v Pakistan, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Australia catch the dropping infection

Mar 23, 2014: Plays of the day from the game between Australia and Pakistan in Mirpur

Can T20 get America interested?

Mar 23, 2014: Cricket learned lessons from baseball in devising its shortest format. Can it use T20 to break into the home of baseball?

Shaun Tait

'I earned my first cap when Australia was at its peak'

Mar 22, 2014: Shaun Tait remembers knocking out a batsman when he was 15, and playing alongside Shane Warne, a poster of whom he had up in his room as a kid

Of Scarlet, Fitteran, Cho, and others

Mar 21, 2014: Cricket nicknames have been a part of Australian cricket for centuries, and they don't look like they are going away anytime soon

To bat right, get your mind right

Mar 20, 2014: Footwork may be crucial to the batsman's art, but a mind rooted in the present moment is just as great a weapon