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Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the third day at Headingley

The backdrop to Joseph O'Neill's acclaimed new novel is New York's seedy cricket subculture, where the search for meaning is deceptively infectious, if ultimately futile

The dark, foreboding clouds that encircled Headingley during the final session could well have represented the feeling in England's bowling attack

If England's attack didn't know much about Ashwell Prince before this series, they are more than familiar with his skills now after his second successive hundred

On the fightback at Lord's and looking forward to the second Test

If you were a schoolboy in Gloucestershire in the 1970s, there was no question who you wanted to be

Unfortunate records at the home of cricket, a hundred and a five-for on debut, and more

This was a stultifying day's cricket that did no favours to the Test format

The three innings to date of this Lord's Test have played out like some convoluted brainteaser

Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie mounted the most monumental of fightbacks on the fourth day at Lord's. Even if South Africa do lose the Test, they wouldn't have gone down without a fight. And more than anything else, Test cricket is alive and well, argues

Andrew Miller presents the plays of the fourth day between England and South Africa at Lord's

None of the centurions in this match, not even Kevin Pietersen, leapt as high or celebrated as proudly as Ashwell Prince did on the third day at Lord's

A girl born in 1983 turns out to be the Indian team's lucky charm in a novel where cricket and Mills & Boon collide

There was something decidedly Kiwi about England's performance with the ball today

Andrew Miller presents the plays of the third day between England and South Africa at Lord's

Shane Warne spent five seasons at the Rose Bowl infusing "Happy" Hampshire with his star quality and competitive juices. How are the Hawks taking to life after the master?

When South Africa's coach, Mickey Arthur, said on the eve of the Lord's Test that the English public were "in for a treat" this summer, this possibly wasn't the scenario he had in mind

Is this the innings that finally ignites Ian Bell's Test career?

Andrew Miller presents the plays of the second day between England and South Africa at Lord's

Five years since he quit the game, Wasim Akram is as sharp with a provocative opinion as his bowling used to be in his heyday