A strange, brutal magic

Jul 23, 2014: As Ishant Sharma showed at Lord's, short-pitched bowling can open old wounds and create sudden uncertainty

Ishant lurches from hero to villain

Jul 16, 2014: Disaster may lurk and comedy may come, but Ishant Sharma brings a wholeheartedness to his team that should be valued above stats

The Victorian-pitch blues

Jul 8, 2014: Occasionally these days, at the lower levels, we're brought face to face with the kind of cricket conditions our ancestors lived with

Ponting's pull

Jul 1, 2014: The former Australia captain's recent dissection of his meat-and-potatoes shot made for fascinating viewing

The importance of England v India

Jun 24, 2014: Why the upcoming series has all the makings of a historic turning point

There's a new columnist in town

Jun 12, 2014: Kevin Pietersen has both reach and voice, and he has a cause to unite around too

How best can England use Buttler?

Jun 4, 2014: In England, a country yet to embrace the increasingly porous boundaries between formats, Jos Buttler could be the next star

A crossroads for Joe Root

May 28, 2014: Long hailed for his extraordinary talent, Root is still to quite make good. And England can't afford to give him the time they gave a young Ian Bell to blossom

England and the IPL: a thaw will come

May 14, 2014: It's clear now that T20 cricket will not exist in isolation from the rest of the game, and the sooner the ECB realises it, the better

The last of the long run-up

May 7, 2014: The sight of a fast bowler running in from a distance, sometimes starting in a position only vaguely related to the position of the wicket, is a thrilling one. And it's increasingly rare now

Geoff Boycott

Never another like Geoffrey

May 6, 2014: Boycott represented a peak moment in the evolution of the game - the natural conclusion of a long era

The player England will miss the most

Apr 30, 2014: In the new era, England will find it hard to fill the huge hole left by Graeme Swann's retirement, on the field and off it

Moores and the shadow of the past

Apr 24, 2014: His second spell as England coach might be nothing like his first, but memories of it will hover nevertheless

You can't control talent, only channel it

Apr 15, 2014: Cricket runs the risk of going down the route of over-coaching, like in some other sports - which is not ideal in a game that is as much about art as about science

Were England complacent?

Apr 2, 2014: Giles and Broad used the word to describe the team's performance in the World T20, but what it really describes is the attitude of their bosses

Can bowling line-ups collapse?

Mar 26, 2014: It's a phenomenon that the T20 game is uniquely geared to produce, as the Ireland-Netherlands clash showed

Coached by Goochie

Mar 18, 2014: How many of us can claim to have attended a masterclass with England's most prolific run scorer?

Can Flower bring art to the science of coaching?

Mar 4, 2014: Great coaches understand the fluidity of technique, the role of imagination, the constant forward momentum of the game

The psychological dominance of Mitchell Johnson

Feb 19, 2014: The hold he has is not just on batsmen, it is on the collective imagination of everyone watching him bow

Cricket's constantly unfolding narrative

Feb 13, 2014: It may feel as though the game is at the peak of its evolution but it's only a matter of time before current events seem dated