Australia v England, 3rd Test, Perth

Worlds collide as Clarke and Cook hit 100

Dec 12, 2013: When the two captains take the field at the WACA, two very different men will have the honour of captaining their countries in their 100th Test with the Ashes at stake

'Johnson is the uncommon denominator between the two series'

Dec 12, 2013: Jarrod Kimber and Gideon Haigh try to make sense of the first two Ashes Tests, and wonder if Flower turned his players into East German athletes

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 5th day

All calm in Johnson's slipstream

Dec 9, 2013: Somehow, in 88 days, the Ashes flipped around. Even the Barmy Army's Mitchell Johnson song doesn't make sense any more

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 4th day

Mighty young Joe

Dec 8, 2013: He stood up to Mitchell Johnson and showed the fight England and their fans needed. Joe Root was the boy who wouldn't back down

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 3rd day

From outcast to beast

Dec 7, 2013: Mitchell Johnson may not be a gigantic, horned, fire-breathing dragon with seven heads - but he could not have done much more damage if he were

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 2nd day

Robo England suffer malfunction

Dec 6, 2013: A team that used to programme calculated destruction of the opposition has been reduced to making flawed, human gambles

Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 4th day

England unravelling through run drought

Nov 24, 2013: They have slumped from grinding sides down with mountains of runs to battling to stay in matches

Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 3rd day

Clarke continues Gabba love affair

Nov 23, 2013: The short ball was no trouble for Michael Clarke and he treated Graeme Swann with disdain as he continued his superb Brisbane form

Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 2nd day

Enigma Johnson finds fiery best

Nov 22, 2013: Mitchell Johnson carried great expectations into the Gabba Test and found his best form in a brutal, and as always, unpredictable, display

Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 1st day

No magic cave for Australia

Nov 21, 2013: Australia were billed as a different side to three months ago but emerged as the same flawed team with a penchant for self-sabotage

Not a Sachin article

Nov 17, 2013: This one's about his fans and what they must do now to protect the game he loved

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Welcome back, Jesse

Nov 4, 2013: Billions of one-day runs and administrative goof-ups getting you down? Big J comes to warm the cockles of your heart

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Zip-a-du-Pless-i

Oct 27, 2013: This week we look at trouser-related crimes, administrator spats, and everything that's dominated by Indians

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Sachin special supplement

Oct 13, 2013: Where you only get the biggest news of the era

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The ICC fails to beat Afghanistan

Oct 6, 2013: Mean cricket administrators make the best soap operas, don't they?

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Cricket fixes Twitter problems

Sep 29, 2013: Cricket administrators turn into suited crusaders, and Mike Hussey and Andrew Strauss reveal some drama

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Croc, pus, ambassador

Sep 22, 2013: No really, there is some cricket news in there too

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It's Misbah's fault

Sep 15, 2013: Bopara can't get the time of day right on a quiz show, the BCCI hates Lorgat, Clint McKay has taken a hat-trick - one man is to blame for it all

Part two

What more are Ireland supposed to do?

Sep 14, 2013: They have shown the ambition, drive and talent needed to earn Test status. But does the ICC have the vision to make it happen?

Part one

How Ireland got their groove back

Sep 13, 2013: Cricket was played on the island as far back as the 1730s. How the game fell out of favour, and is now finding its feet again, is a tale and a half