Martin Williamson on a remarkable finale to the 2007 Championship season

When Garry Sobers entered the record books as the first man to hit every ball in an over for maximum

A match billed as a winner-takes-all contest was gruesomely one-sided as Australia crushed Sri Lanka by ten wickets

A review of the The Final Test on DVD

England, inspired by a typically idiosyncratic 79 from 37 balls from Kevin Pietersen, eased to a 50-run win over Zimbabwe at Cape Town

For a few minutes at a chilly Newlands, Australia, the pre-tournament favourites, wobbled against Zimbabwe, slipping to 19 for 3 as the 15,000 crowd dared to think the unthinkable. They staged a recovery of sorts but were never at anything like their bes

Bromley from Kent won the Cockspur Cup with a tense four-run victory over Kidworth from Leicestershire at a sun-drenched Lord's

Middlesex overcame a few late jitters to beat Derbyshire by three wickets with two overs to spare in the Pro40 Division Two

Martin Williamson watches the lights go on for the first time at Lord's

Kenya's ambitions to bridge the gap between themselves and the Full Member countries have been dealt a blow by the news that Roger Harper will not be renewing his contract as coach after the ICC World Twenty2

England won the deciding match in the NatWest Series at a chilly Lord's by seven wickets with more than 13 overs to spare

Zimbabwe may have half-decent batting, but overall they will clearly be outclassed at the highest level. By Martin Williamson

Eleven more instances where play has been brought to a halt by unusual interventions

In Yorkshire in August 1977 news of Elvis Presley's death and England regaining the Ashes paled into insignificance as Geoff Boycott scored his hundredth hundred

What the current Zimbabwe side might look like were it not for politics and politicians

The real impact of the USA's suspension from international cricket will hit home next week when north of the border in Toronto the region's leading teams will meet to take part in the Americas Under-19 Qualifier

Martin Williamson with a brief history of Bodyline

Cricket history is littered with no-nonsense characters, and two of the most single-minded ones came into contact when England met India at Lord's in 1971

Chandu Sarwate and Shute Banerjee's record-breaking last-wicket stand at The Oval in 1946

Eleven players who continued turning out well beyond normal retirement age