Shoaib Akhtar goes airborne (but wicketless) for Surrey

Pakistan v Australia, 2nd Test, Sharjah, 2002-03.

Raging bull

Brett Lee prepares to bowl

Two short

Demonstrators hold up the game by lying on the pitch

Australia v Sri Lanka, The Oval, World Cup 1975

Crease occupation

David Lloyd in the commentary box

'You've got to sex up Tests'

Trevor Chappell portrait

Cheer up, mate

Derek Pringle with the ball in his hands

Derek Pringle

Clapham has left the building

Don Bradman , Portrait - undated

Peter Pollock on Don Bradman

The godfather

Bella, an elephant from Chessington Zoo, in the outfield at The Oval

A divine visitation

Sunil Gavaskar on his way to 188

Maninder Singh

Sunny says

Johan Botha readies to deliver the ball

No extra elbow room

A pumped-up Dale Steyn roars in triumph as Kevin Pietersen falls

Blood, sweat and shoes

Ray Lindwall

Giant footsteps

Lalit Modi watches the opening ceremony

How sensible is the tactical break in IPL matches

Time-out or sell-out?

A relaxed Paul Nixon discusses recent events

Paul Nixon

Chucking at Sir Viv

Ian Botham gets Jeff Thomson with three runs to go

Australia v England, fourth Test, Melbourne, 1982

Pipped at the post

Brian Lara congratulates Rahul Dravid after India won the series 1-0

Test match

Gautam Gambhir arrives for a nets session

Short balls and broken bats

Kim Hughes discusses tactics with Mike Whitney

Best footy forward

Tony Blain illustration

Ken Rutherford

Asleep at the wheel

Don Bradman , Portrait - undated

Mixed Ashes

A relaxed Stuart Clark attends a media session

Australian players in county cricket ahead of the Ashes

A storm before the series

Clare Taylor portrait

England v South Africa, 1997 World Cup

Fanning the flames

Arjuna Ranatunga announces his retirement from the Sri Lankan government

To play or not to play?