Test cricket needs to hurry it up

Ian Chappell: Introducing tweaks like four-day games will be pointless unless more urgency is shown to keep the game moving

From dawn till dusk

Daniel Brettig: The long road to the first day-night Test is also a history of cricket's often fraught relationship with commerce

Cricket needs to put fans first, not players

Sanjay Manjrekar: Day-night Tests are a good idea because they are aimed at addressing falling viewership figures

The pink ball: evolution, not revolution

Brydon Coverdale: Day-night Tests are just one of the many changes Test cricket has endured in its history

Not so hard to bat in Australia anymore

Numbers Don't Lie: In the last four years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of draws and big runs down under

Mitch and the drooping mike syndrome

Zaltzman and Kimber on the man with the charity mo', and the All-slow-Stars

The forensic artistry of Kane Williamson

Mark Nicholas: His game appears to lack emotion but it is not cold. Like Kallis, but more adaptable and with greater flair

All hail the Johnson of 2013-14

Andy Zaltzman marvels at one of cricket's most thrilling bursts of individual brilliance

How good is the next batting generation?

Numbers Don't Lie turns the spotlight on Williamson, Smith and Root

Serious flaws in DRS indicate need for overhaul

Ian Chappell: Players gamble on reviews as a tactic, which negates the system's essential purpose - of eliminating howlers. And there's the issue of who controls it

Were New Zealand bad at the Gabba?

You wouldn't know from these stats Andy Zaltzman has dug up

Hadlee's greatest hits

NZ's historic triumph in Brisbane 30 years ago, starring Paddles, Mo and Crowe

Are the Kiwis the nicest guys in cricket?

Fans around the Gabba answer this important question

Will the NZ brand of cricket succeed in Australia?

Ian Chappell: Swing will give the visitors' bowlers the edge but bouncy pitches might thwart their aggressive style of batting

'To know when to intervene and when to say nothing is an art'

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson talks about why a coach can be successful without having played first-class cricket