There was disappointment for those Pakistan fans who made their way to Old Trafford but enjoyment nevertheless - especially for the newcomers

Is cricket aware of its impact on the environment? No, and it seems to not even have started caring

Runs did not flow in the Ashes, but Jos Buttler has dazzled this season in his two T20 outings for Lancashire which have helped the county to another Finals Day

Fiery, difficult, outspoken, Fred Trueman belongs to a lost era. Fifty years on from his final Test, we look back at what he left behind

Two decades and then some into his Lancashire career, Glen Chapple is on top of his game, skilled and motivated, and with the knowledge that only years on the job can bring

After the mayhem of the opening two days, Friday was a test of concentration and hydration. But an infinitely rewarding one

The pressure of a Test debut. Your team in disarray. And you are 19 years old. What do you do? Stride out and hit a record-breaking 98, of course

Learning more about her father's boyhood hero helps a cricket writer understand her father better

Andrew Flintoff won his debut boxing bout and left the ring with body, mind and dignity intact. He doesn't need to do it again

For one Test in the summer of 2003 against South Africa, he was golden. Then everything went pear-shaped

The Championship-winning Lancashire coach is always upbeat, full of ideas, forever analysing, in love with the nitty gritty of his job

They're evocative, they're old-timey, they're among cricket's few constants in an age of change

Justin Langer may have oozed security as an Australian opener but off the pitch it was a different story

Being the partner of a player can be as lonely as it rewarding. Five cricketing better halves reveal all

Chandigarh may be no beauty but it has pretty bits, and the stadium is a standout

England's World Cup-winning U-19 players went on to have very different lives. Some of glory and Tests, others of loneliness and broken dreams

If ever a cricketer has been delicious, it has been Afridi

So they beat the old enemy, but did anyone notice in the noise of the football and the tennis?

Often the cricket fan's sympathy lies with the vanquished, not the victor

The England team full of players from other countries? Well, knock us down with a feather