There are great players and then there are players who are great for World Cups

Cricket has had relatively few ugly on-field incidents when compared to other sports, so to start fearing the worst because of the verbal abuse going round is to take things too far

Ponting's debut on Channel Ten and his grilling of Kevin Pietersen hold out hope that cricket has found a high-calibre new TV voice

It's not as easily defined as just saying it is about playing positive, aggressive cricket at all times

He has experienced captaincy at every level. Most admirably, he has managed to reinvent his game to succeed at the highest level

Touching tributes by strangers all over the world have helped immensely in recovering from the pain of Phillip Hughes' death

The home of Australia's first - and possibly last - full-time dealer of his kind is a treasure trove of cricket literature amassed over 45 years

Fans pop a vein when his ludicrous tactics fail, shrug when he succeeds. Either way, cricket's first bona fide troll is not about to change

A historic sporting artefact adds a touch of character to the purpose-built capital

Having graced the airwaves for more than four decades, he is a broadcasting institution on par with Benaud, despite not having played at senior level

Having graced the airwaves for more than four decades, he is a broadcasting institution on par with Benaud, despite not having played at senior level

Cricket nerds love team shirts, especially ones from their childhood

This diligently researched book is a comprehensive account of all matches of the World Cup, laced with long-forgotten factoids

The South African allrounder had the misfortune of being in the line of fire twice this year

True sports fans are like Harley-Davidson loyalists. Poor marketing and tacky innovations will never turn them away from the game they love

England's Test cricketers used to look so different. Now all you see on their shirts are corporate logos, and a certain part of their anatomy thrown into stark relief

He makes buckets of runs but cannot hold his place in the Test side. What needs to work for him going forward?

The dashing Victoria batsman was set to be a star for Australia when his life was tragically cut short at 21

Channel Nine should work to maintain the standards that its best broadcasters - Benaud and Chappell - have set, rather than encourage a frat-house environment

How books, magazines and live scorecard updates allowed an Australian teenager to keep track of county cricket in the 1990s