Dropped after his first Test, against India in 1996, Brad Hogg nearly quit the game to take up farming

The India - Pakistan Tests fell short on entertainment value due to the lifeless pitches for the second and third Tests which weren't result-oriented

Michael Marqusee, writing in the Guardian , feels that anyone who cares for cricket should celebrate Murali's record-breaking achievement, which is the result of his own skill, accuracy, stamina, variety and ingenuity

Shoaib Malik's appointment as captain of Pakistan, that too at the sprightly age of 25, was a proud moment for a family of seven from Sialkot

John Wright, set to take over from Ric Charlesworth as New Zealand Cricket's high performance manager, looks ahead to his new role, the frustration at being overlooked last month as a national selector and the talented players to look out for

The ABC documentary Guru Greg, on Greg Chappell's controversial tenure as India coach, is finally out

With the arrival of Twenty20 and several obits being written on the 50-over game, Harsha Bhogle feels that Test cricket will remain in robust health

With the England Test squad for the Sri Lanka tour set to assemble for a training camp, among the (hopefully) sober and (presumably) well-rested players dragging their kitbags into the National Academy at Loughborough will be Stuart Broad, a young

The perception that far too much of Indian cricket is about the individual has been proved again by Rahul Dravid's dropping

Omitted from the England Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka, Andrew Strauss, in his column for the Telegraph , feels it's time for introsepction

Glenn McGrath's retirement has given Brett Lee a new role as the senior pro in the Australian bowling attack

Is the Duckworth-Lewis method as complicated as it seems

South Africa's cricketers were probably contemplating their increased earning potential and a healthy relationship with Cricket South Africa when their groundbreaking memorandum of understanding was unveiled a month ago

After more than four months of acting coy, the Indian Cricket League (ICL) has made as bold a statement as possible, parading the 48 Indian cricketers and naming the six overseas players who will form the backbone of its inaugural season

Throughout the last year the seniors in the side were divided over Chappell, but his exit has had a healing effect

With Sachin Tendulkar likely to play his last Test match in England, at The Oval, Derek Pringle spares a thought for a player who may well have upstaged him at the very beginning - Vinod Kambli

Sambit Bal

As New Zealand look to toughen up their cricket outlook, there's no better man than John Wright to show them the way, who has joined New Zealand Cricket in a high-performance role