Will Luke

Shane Warne's German roots, England's secret Ashes weapon and more

Will Luke looks back at The Week That Was

David Moore was a fairly unknown when he took on the role of West Indies coach, but after an eye-opening tour of England he has big hopes for the future if he gets the job full time

Will Luke talks to the West Indian fast bowler, Daren Powell

West Indies might have beaten England in the recent one-day series, but an old and unwelcome ghost briefly reappeared today at Clontarf in Dublin as Scotland ran them desperately close in the third match of the Quadrangular series

Alex Kervezee is a very rare breed indeed: a gifted, young Associates batsman - so talented, in fact, that Worcestershire swooped to secure him at a positively cherubic 16

Chris Gayle led West Indies to an easy 10-wicket with against Netherlands and was pleased with his team's performance

With every wicket their bowlers took, there was an increasingly tangible sense of relief from West Indies. Relief that their tour was nearly over; relief that, for once, they were making good their talent: relief that they're not as bad as all that

As the ICC family expands to 101 countries, Cricinfo looks at the four newest Affiliate members - Cameroon, The Falkland Islands, Peru and Swaziland

Owais Shah's magical 55 took England to a five-wicket win in the second and final Twenty20 against West Indies at The Oval, squaring the series

'Success at all costs' is the modern cricketer's mantra and, with Associate cricketers fleeing the skimpily paid amateur lifestyle for a professional world in England, and elsewhere, there is a real danger that the ICC's development work needs a major ret

England wrapped up the fourth and final Test against West Indies by seven wickets at Chester-le-Street

A magnificent 128 from Paul Collingwood, together with three late wickets from England's bowlers, has put them in control of the fourth Test against West Indies at Chester-le-Street

Will Luke looks back at The Week That Was

England lost three quick wickets, including that of Kevin Pietersen, as West Indies fought back strongly in the final session of the third day at Chester-le-Street

It was once again left to Shivnarine Chanderpaul to rescue West Indies who struggled in the gloomy, murky conditions on the second day against England at Chester-le-Street, losing four early wickets

Heavy and prolonged rain at Chester-le-Street forced the first day's play of the fourth Test to be abandoned

There is increasing concern that Scotland might be thrown out of England's domestic one-day competition due to their staging "off-shore" tournaments which, the ECB say, "could dilute moneys coming into the game"

A review of Paul Smith's autobiography, Wasted?

Increasingly, modern bowlers' natural instincts are constrained by the coaching books, and two of England's, Liam Plunkett and Steve Harmison, fluffed their lines with robotic predictability on the third day at Lord's