Rob Smyth

Rob Smyth on moments of misjudgment or folly that horribly backfired

Rob Smyth on the strange disparity between Andrew Flintoff's stats and value

Mark Butcher and Nasser Hussain hardly look like perfect partners: one is left-handed, laid-back and most likely to be sat in his hotel room strumming his guitar; the other is right-handed, rigid and more likely to be climbing up the walls

Ricky Ponting embarks on his first campaign as Test captain

When Brett Lee bounded into Test cricket's playground in 1999 and started bullying anyone he set eyes on, he did so with an impunity that few cricketers have ever been granted

When Brett Lee bounded into Test cricket's playground in 1999 and started bullying anyone he set eyes on, he did so with an impunity that few cricketers have ever been granted

Batting performance of the series It's hard to ignore those two double-hundreds by Graeme Smith, but they came in more innocent times

Darren Gough, Graham Thorpe, Vinod Kambli, Ajay Jadeja: four international comebacks at various stages of progress - from fact to probable to unlikely to 'forget it, mate'

Rob Smyth assesses the legacy of Nasser Hussain

Thursday was a bad day for English cricket: 398 for 1 wasn't great, but now we know the real price

1997 An extraordinary start to an Ashes series

1993 Shane Warne's Ball of the Century

1966 Birth of probably the greatest left-arm fast bowler in history

1909 In Panama, The Black Bradman is born

2000 A thrilling finish to a series decider in Antigua

1956 In Kingston, one of the greatest wicketkeeper-batsmen of them all is born

1887 A Kent legend is born

1947 Birth of one of New Zealand's finest batsmen

1970 Early in his Test career, Robert Croft , who was born in Morriston, Wales, today, looked the part

1942 Birth of the Godfather of South African cricket