Rob Smyth

As Lord's basked in a heatwave and spectators sought shade, the ground became a foreign country

Australia are a side who refuse to accept the logic of defeat. They sculpt classic Tests out of cussedness; and if they lose the majority, at least they got so close

Some say he is 24, with time on his side. Others say his Test career is going sideways

Joe Root is the adorable nephew of English cricket and when he bats it is almost impossible to suppress a smile

The tournament has been having an identity crisis as it tries to find its place in both the English and world cricket calendars but, like The Open and Premier League, T20 in England must embrace their Britishhness

Australia's triumph in the 1989 Ashes is a cautionary tale for those who think England barely need to lift a finger to retain the urn

They gave rise to pinch-hitters, Powerplays and cunning bowlers

When Warne took a Test match from dullness to unimaginable menace

David Lloyd, English cricket's man of the people loses none of his wacko warmth in print

Developed in Pakistan in response to unresponsive pitches, it revitalised cricket, but not before being greeted with fear and suspicion

Tours between England and Pakistan have rarely been devoid of drama. We look at instances starting from the unofficial MCC tour in the 1950s to Ovalgate

Following Sulieman Benn's spat with Chris Gayle, we look at other examples of team-mates falling out on and off the field

To everyone else he was "the rat who joined the sinking ship" but to one impressionable teenager he was a six-foot-tall lamb in need of protecting

The delivery synonymous with subcontinental wizardry was invented by an Englishman; and the most famous of those was also bowled by one

Eleven come-from-behind performances that set the World Cup alight

Just where will Murali end up, wonders Rob Smyth

Rob Smyth finds parallels with an Indian summer in England

Rob Smyth on a match full of turns