Australia must get its house in order

Peter Roebuck: Cricket Australia ought to consider banning alcohol at matches. It has gone well beyond a joke

Harris' record, and Haddin's near miss

Ask Steven: Most consecutive five-fors, quickest to 100 dismissals, victories by extras, and biggest stands by lefties

No conspiracy against Pakistan

Harsha Bhogle: The times we live in are to blame for the IPL's snub of Pakistan players. Also: why the deal with Google is a landmark

Michael Clarke's five-year wait

The List: Players who went the most innings before improving on career highs on debut, and those who didn't

No. 5

The first Test

Turning Points: The birth of the international five-day game, at the MCG in 1877

UDRS and Pakistan are failing

Ian Chappell: The ICC needs to take full responsibility for the running of the review system, and Pakistan need to own up to their poor cricket and questionable tactics

Pakistan's batting worries

The Numbers Game: The chief culprits of several batting debacles that have cost Pakistan Tests over the last two years, and a comparison with other teams

The man who laughed in bowlers' faces

Player of the Decade: Like Bradman before him, Ricky Ponting turned the opposition into ball-ferriers | Slideshow: Ponting in the 2000s

'Yousuf is a reluctant captain'

The Tony Greig Show: Pakistan's implosion, South Africa's struggle, and why Gavaskar's comments are not justified

Test cricket strikes again

Fluctations in Test matches are beyond one-dayers that remain limited in more than just the number of overs. By Tony Cozier

What is it with Pakistan?

Harsha Bhogle: How did it all go wrong for the visitors in Sydney this week?

The Best I've Watched

This round to Warne

The Best I've Watched: Shane Warne and Saleem Malik face off in Brisbane in 1995. By Peter English

It happened at the G

The Long Room: Living 40 minutes away from the MCG is something you can come to take for granted, a homesick Victorian realises. By Jarrod Kimber