What do cricketers do when they're not playing? Work on correcting errors that have crept into their techniques and limber up for the season ahead

Right posture? Quick reflexes? Decent tolerance for pain? You were born to field at forward short-leg and silly point

Concentration is about living in the moment - which unfortunately isn't as easy as it sounds

Not too many batsmen may like squaring up to a bouncer, but most will take it over a well-pitched outswinger

Aakash Chopra on the difficulty of making adjustments to your game during a series. Case in point: Matt Prior

Aakash Chopra on just why left-arm seam bowlers can be more than a handful

Aakash Chopra on the hazards of being an opening batsman

Bat behind the pad or alongside it? Aakash Chopra ponders the dismissals of Dravid and Tendulkar at Lord's

Aakash Chopra on the challenges cricketers face at Lord's

Aakash Chopra on what a good opener needs - especially in England