Martin Crowe had much to say about ICC's '15-degree bend' and a lot more during the annual Cowdrey lecture

Owing to Graeme Smith's ankle injury, Ashwell Prince will lead South Africa on their tour of Sri Lanka in August

Matthew Hoggard has been spending time in an oxygen chamber to speed up his recovery from a hand injury

"Non first-class cricket in Pakistan has been played with a tape ball in every galli (lane) and rural field for 20 years," writes Osman Samiuddin in The Guardian

I will play what will almost certainly be my last Test in England on Friday at Trent Bridge and I am very determined to go out with a win and square the series, writes Muttiah Muralitharan on bigstarcricket.com .

Sajid Mahmood and Liam Plunkett will be rivals as well as team-mates over the coming week

Why did England drop as many as nine catches in the Lord's Test

Seven Sri Lankan batsmen passed fifty and one of them, captain Mahela Jayawardene, went on to make a hundred as they infuriated England by stubbornly defending their way to a draw

Sri Lanka had all but lost the first Test at Lord's at the start of the fourth day

"I hope Dravid's men play wonderfully when they tour the Caribbean

Shortly before stumps on the third day, Monty Panesar snared Kumar Sangakkara to dent the Sri Lankan fightback that had been built by half-centuries by Upul Tharanga and Sangakkara

Mike Selvey is not a fan of the new rule that allows players to appeal against the umpire's decision

Who would you rather watch

Eight months have passed since England won the Ashes

England began the summer with a powerful performance against an insipid Sri Lankan attack

In a few hours, the first Test between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's will get underway, the earliest ever start to an English season

In the third Test against New Zealand at Johannesburg, Jacques Kallis joined Sir Garry Sobers in an exclusive two-member club of players to have scored 8000 Test runs and taken 200 wickets

On touring India as first Sikh to play for England; Test ambition of beating Steve Harmison at darts; Pleasantly surprised by support from Indian fans; Resisting a beer after Test victory in Bombay, read Matt Gatward's entertaining email

Richie Benaud tells Will Swanton what his 10 favourite moments in the history of the Ashes have been

Last week Cameron White possessed a national contract worth about $145,000 and was within reach of an Australian berth, writes Chloe Saltau in The Age