The first time this year you had fun playing cricket

Your body hurts, your mind rebels, and your spirit can't handle the world changing around you

Redemption, fate and hope are words that swirl around in the mind as the dreaded day looms closer

When your shoulder is sore, your shin protests, you feel like death, and you play cricket - hoping to produce the devastating dipper you long for

Can a lifelong supporter of written-off teams handle seismic victories?

Having a qualifying round in the World T20 is not a bad idea, but it wouldn't hurt to have two more sides go through to join the top eight

In cricket as in life, we favour sharp drama and narratives of redemption, doing the Stewarts and the Gooches of the world a disservice

The Authors notch up their second victory away from home, with a little help (sort of) from your correspondent

The perils of getting into a detailed discussion about your technique and game with an expert

It's the only sport that expects its athletes to perform feats they are bad at, and where the conditions can turn a match on its head. Let's not lose that

No other game makes you crave updates, no matter how trivial, when you are denied live coverage

It's rare when you're at a certain stage of life to do something for the first time, but it can happen

When the bad days outnumber the good, and the aches and pains hasten your decline, you wonder if each game might be your last

As Stuart Broad ripped through Australia, one writer found himself in an electronics store, surrounded by TVs, none showing the cricket

Death of a Gentleman exposes how neo-liberal economics threatens the game, while also hinting at worse lying beneath the surface, leaving you feeling disillusioned and angry

There was a certain honesty in matches we played against ourselves as kids, recording it all in scorebooks as we went along

A ball can be both; it all depends on how you look at it

Does confidence play a role in catching? Even if the statisticians say otherwise, it certainly feels like it does

A six-week long tournament with a handful of tight finishes? Who can call that a success?

It only changed a nine-wicket defeat into an eight-wicket one but the memory will live forever