Dilip Doshi

'Spin bowling is a battle of wits'

Dec 19, 2008: One of India's oldest Test debutants on spin, playing county cricket before turning out for his country, and his best bowling effort

Graham Thorpe

'I never found the game easy'

Dec 5, 2008: England's most reliable middle-order batsman in recent times talks about how being dependable is a lot more difficult than it looks

Lance Klusener

'I've been lucky to be able to play like I do'

Nov 21, 2008: Zulu talks about the Cronje years, fishing, finishing, and reinventing yourself

Greg Matthews

'There are no skeletons in my closet'

Oct 20, 2008: Fifteen years after he retired from international cricket, the New South Wales hero and star of the tied Test still has the spark of old

Ashok Mankad

'Captaincy is about saying the right thing'

Aug 8, 2008: The late Bombay captain talks about leadership, coaching, and being the son of a famous father

Aamer Sohail

'Reverse-swing has hampered Pakistan cricket'

Jul 28, 2008: The fiery former Pakistan batsman on opening, straight-talking, and a chat with Ian Botham

Neil Harvey

'I'm for fair play and good behaviour'

Jul 13, 2008: An Invincible on captaining Australia, asking Bradman for advice, and 1948

Joel Garner

'If you enjoy the game, you do well'

Jun 30, 2008: The Big Bird looks back at a rich career and the mates who made it worth the while

Merv Hughes

'You've got to be able to laugh at yourself'

Jun 15, 2008: There's always a funny side to every situation. One of the great Australian larrikins of our time should know

Richie Richardson

'It's about how you score, not how many'

May 22, 2008: However much you do on the field, if the fans aren't happy, it's all futile

Alec Bedser

'Pace isn't everything'

Apr 23, 2008: It's not about how fast you are, it's where you land it. The man who led England's bowling for nearly a decade after World War Two looks back

Dean Jones

'I'm trying to hit sixes in the commentary box'

Apr 4, 2008: Australia's ODI specialist and hero of the second tied Test goes down memory lane

Gary Kirsten

'If you can handle cricket, you can handle life'

Mar 21, 2008: South Africa's grittiest customer on what the game has taught him

Bill Brown

'I never lost my fascination with the game'

Mar 18, 2008: An Invincible looks back at Bradman, McCabe and the rest

Nari Contractor

'Take it one ball at a time'

Mar 6, 2008: Once India's youngest Test captain, Contractor took India to a famous Test series victory over England before his career was cut short by a wicked bouncer

Lawrence Rowe

'There was no shot I couldn't play'

Feb 1, 2008: Jamaica's favourite son made among the most storied of cricket starts, and was spoken of in the same breath as the greatest of the great West Indians of the 1970s. The Lord of Sabina Park looks back

Jeff Thomson

'I didn't bowl your little outswingers'

Jan 13, 2008: Thommo says what he thinks - of his mates, his contemporaries, that bastard Bradman, fast bowling and fast bowlers, the establishment, and himself

Jeff Dujon

'We played for respect'

Jan 1, 2007: On life behind the stumps as part of the world-conquering West Indies side of the 1980s

Daryll Cullinan

'Sport was our life'

Dec 1, 2006: On growning up a child prodigy, being South Africa's next big thing ... and fronting up to Shane Warne

Budhi Kunderan

'Cricket taught me that life is a team game'

Jun 23, 2006: The late India wicketkeeper on cricket, rivalries, politics, and matters of the heart

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