What Smith's retirement means for England

Mar 6, 2014: There are severe implications for Cook and Co, which no one seems to have thought of

Twitter round-up

'I've been working on my evil villain laugh'

Feb 27, 2014: All the latest about what your favourite players are up to - when they're not being jet-lagged or eating at Nando's

Twitter round-up

'Drinking tea on a train is a true skill'

Feb 13, 2014: That, plus more chicken-restaurant tweets than you can shake a drumstick at

The ECB's vagueness problem

Feb 6, 2014: All that we know for certain is that Pietersen is out. The rest is a blurry collage of noncommittal sentences

Twitter round-up

'Never discuss cheese with rats or talk bread with birds'

Jan 30, 2014: The finer points of animal etiquette and more, in the latest Twitter round-up

Give administrators the freedom to eat themselves

Jan 23, 2014: Let the Australian, English and Indian boards do what they want regardless of our wishes. They'll soon learn

Twitter round-up

'I got a funky, funky style with a funky swag'

Jan 16, 2014: The identity of this three-times-funky playa, and more, revealed in this fortnight's Twitter round-up

Time to dissolve English cricket

Jan 9, 2014: Fans have a strong case for petitioning the courts to do away with English cricket, because it appears totally incapable of repaying its debts

Twitter round-up

'Roses are red, I'm going to bed'

Jan 2, 2014: Cricketers get lyrical in our first Twitter round-up of the year

Graeme Swann: sorely missed

Dec 26, 2013: Sure, he took wickets, but his key contribution to the England side was in a different area

Twitter round-up

'Breaking news: I can dance again'

Dec 19, 2013: Crucial information about cricketers and their lives, right here on our Twitter round-up

Why England seem old despite being young

Dec 12, 2013: They are batting creakily when they should be thinking young and batting nervously

Twitter round-up

'English players will be drinking concrete milkshakes in Darwin'

Dec 5, 2013: Just what you wanted: more wretched Ashes sledging, but on Twitter

Diary of an England back-room staffer

Nov 28, 2013: How could any player succumb to a stress-related illness when they're so carefully monitored by the support staff?

Twitter round-up

'Impossible to have a pee on the train without falling'

Nov 22, 2013: Laws of motion get tested this fortnight on our Twitter round-up

How to write your Tendulkar tribute

Nov 14, 2013: Everyone's doing it, but are they doing it right? Here are some handy tips

Twitter round-up

'Always a stinker when you drop your phone down the toilet'

Nov 7, 2013: This fortnight we flush out the best cricket tweets and give you the rest

The Ashes aren't what they used to be

Oct 31, 2013: It's all different and watered down: from the trash-talking to the warm-ups and the terminology

Twitter round-up

'Dear stomach, you're bored, not hungry - so shut up'

Oct 24, 2013: Conversations with organs, and mind-reading with Kraigg Brathwaite, in this fortnight's Twitter round-up

How to manage a batsman's workload

Oct 17, 2013: All that standing around and occasionally prodding at the ball can be exhausting, so skip an innings or two to up your skills