Scott Oliver

'I wasn't fast-fast, but I could be slippery'

'Being a selector is about spotting strength of character'

When entertainment becomes intrusion

T20's spiritual brother

'People say I was just a defensive bowler, and they are 80% right'

I saw Footy before he became the real deal

In quest of a durable cricket ball

The slow withering of English club cricket

'Radio's about getting inside the listener's head'

How do you manage a leggie in Asia?

Reliving Gloucestershire's limited-overs glory days

'Part of swing is finding the right pace and the right grip'

Herath's cold summer at Staffs

Do professionals raise the standard of club cricket?

The return of the merciless Mitchells

'Going to Perth in '93, we just knew we were going to win'

Playing alongside Adam Sanford

'Life as a journalist is a pretty paranoid existence'

Once upon a Caribbean cricket holiday

Staffordshire's summer of Afridi