Why has cricket got so snail-pleasingly slow in recent years?

How many more players will they use in sinking to an all-new low in 2013?

They go to Old Trafford down two Tests, but not everything is gloomy. Like, how their heads aren't messed up by that sexy siren called Success

A case for a different Man of the Match for the Lord's Test, and musings on whether Australia are the new West Indies

With sinuous curves and shuddering jolts, no less. And lest we forget: all hail Ashton Agar

The official, unequivocal Confectionery Stall Ashes prediction looks at ten key factors in the series

An authoritative run-down of the Champions Trophy final

If you had a magical spinning bottle, you wouldn't question this prediction

Could the world live without ESPNcricinfo's stats-spewing thingummybob? Certainly, but it would be a poorer place without it

And more information on earthworms than you could ever find useful

But no one will win. Probably. Of course, someone has to, in the end. Anyway: the official Confectionery Stall preview

The company he keeps on a list of England centurions under the age of 23 points to a dazzling future as a climber of milestones

England beat New Zealand comprehensively, but that doesn't mean we can't quibble about some of their tactics, which brought domesticated animals to mind

Aka the first Test of the English summer. Get your stats here. Line up, line up

Seven Tests, 31 ODIs, six T20Is in 124 days. Let us lick our lips for what we are about to receive

Players who received plenty of applause but probably no standing ovations

And Clem Hill's pioneering work in the field of narrowly avoiding personal milestones

From knocking about with the numerical nobodies, he is now mingling with the mathematical megaliths

In which the teams' season report cards are ruthlessly reviewed, one in more detail than the others

All hail England's fortunate MVP