Players / Mike Brearley

1978

The end of the innocence

May 18, 2013: The felling of a tailender by Bob Willis triggered the acceptance that helmets were needed in the game

The zone and the importance of imagination

Dec 16, 2012: A sportsman in the zone, like an artist, has both a wider and a narrower focus. He has the ability to be in the game and yet stand above it, seeing it clearly

1977

Swinging in the Jubilee rain

Jun 2, 2012: Thirty-five years ago, a weather-marred farce at The Oval

Failures will strengthen Strauss' resolve

May 3, 2012: Questions about his place in the team are quickly forgotten if he scores runs and/or the team wins again. Not that he can afford to flatline in either department for long

Spot-fixing controversy

Treat Amir more leniently - Brearley

Dec 20, 2011: Mike Brearley, the former England captain, has said that Mohammad Amir, the Pakistan fast bowler currently in prison for his role in the spot-fixing scandal, should be treated more leniently

Being Andrew Strauss

Aug 24, 2011: There are more worthy goals ahead of England's captain still, but will he have the appetite for them, or the fortitude to keep self-doubt at bay?

Pakistan news

ICC might send a hand-picked side to Pakistan

Jul 17, 2010: ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has said the organisation might send a hand-picked side to Pakistan late next year

Mike Gatting

'The Shakoor Rana incident still rankles'

Jul 10, 2010: The former England captain on team hierarchy, playing under Gower and Brearley, winning the Ashes, that Test in Faisalabad, and more

England & Wales Cricket Board

Bradshaw steps down from ECB Board

May 12, 2009: Keith Bradshaw, the secretary and chief executive of MCC, has announced he is stepping down from the ECB Board of Directors because of a conflict of interests

1979

Australia's old new ball

May 9, 2009: When a captain decided to open the innings with an old ball and two spinners

MCC news

Underwood takes over as MCC president

Sep 30, 2008: Derek Underwood, the former England spinner, will begin his one-year tenure as president of MCC on Wednesday, taking over from Mike Brearley

Captain marvel

Sep 4, 2008: After Kevin Pietersen's success, we take a look at 11 other captains who made a mark early in their reign

Can bat, can bowl, can't write

Aug 18, 2008: All too few top-level players have the writing skills to match. So why are they increasingly making inroads into the cricket media?

English domestic cricket

Brearley distances MCC from EPL plan

Jul 13, 2008: Mike Brearley, the president of MCC, has moved to distance the club from the proposals for an English rival to the Indian Premier League

Pushing the laws to the limit

Jun 19, 2008: Incidents that got the lawmakers thinking

1981

Getting shirty about substitutes

May 17, 2008: The subject of substitute fielders has attracted considerable comment and the ICC is set to clamp down on their use. It was an issue that was high on the agenda twenty-seven years ago

Former spinner to take over from Brearley

Underwood to become MCC president

May 8, 2008: Derek Underwood, the former England spinner, is set to become the next president of MCC and will take over from Mike Brearley on October 1

The Art of Captaincy

Leading, by the book

Mar 15, 2008: Brearley's book stands apart from the few others on the subject for its authority, simplicity and range of personal examples

MCC lends a hand in Sri Lanka

Sumangela's field of dreams

Dec 16, 2007: Three years after it was devastated by the tsunami, a small corner of Sri Lanka is looking to the future with hope - and that's thanks in no small part to the world's premier cricket club

Boycott's Headingley heaven

Aug 25, 2007: In Yorkshire in August 1977 news of Elvis Presley's death and England regaining the Ashes paled into insignificance as Geoff Boycott scored his hundredth hundred