In 1971 Bill Lawry became the first Australian captain to be sacked in the middle of a series ... and he paid the price for negativity and daring to challenge the authority of the Australian board

Cricinfo looks back at other incidents that have stretched the spirit of the game

The story of when 41-year-old Colin Cowdrey was summoned from his armchair, flown round the world, and thrown in at the deep end against the fastest bowlers in the world

Bob Berry, who played twice for England in 1950 and was the first man to be capped by three counties, has died at the age of 80

Martin Williamson takes a look at the crisis facing Bermudan cricket on the eve of the World Cup

The story of Eddie Paynter, who climbed out of his hospital bed to play an innings which helped England regain the Ashes

Martin Williamson on the other Botham's match ...the Golden Jubilee Test of 1980

Cricinfo provide an overview of The Gabba, the venue for the first Test of the 2006-07 Ashes

Martin Williamson reviews the latest Ashes books offerings

Martin Williamson looks back at Kenya's one-day whitewash of Bermuda

Kenya cruised to a 104-run run victory in the third and final ODI at Mombasa Sports Club, completing a series whitewash over Bermuda to give their World Cup preparations a major boost

Martin Williamson looks back at BB Nimbalkar's innings of 443 not out ... and a record that would have been but for a princely sulk

Kim Hughes's tearful resignation at The Gabba in November 1984 is still talked about ... but what led to that moment

On the face of it, the arson attack by Mark Vermeulen on Zimbabwe's Cricket Academy looks fairly self explanatory...yet, nothing could be further from the truth. The stark facts of the incident barely scratch the surface

This weekend's meeting of the ICC executive in Mumbai is likely to be one of the most important - and possibly rancorous - in its 97-year existence. It could also change the ground rules for the way the game is governed

The series between Bermuda and Kenya will leave the winners bouyed ahead of the World Cup, while the losers will have tough questions to answer

At Centurion in January 2000 Hansie Cronje offered Nasser Hussain a target so generous that he 'couldn't believe it'. Only now do we know why ...

Percy Fender ... a tactical genius but one who in 1931 stretched the Laws to the limit

Cricket Kenya has announced that it will be holding a provincial one-day tournament in November

Martin Williamson with a brief review of previous series between Pakistan and West Indies