The Heavy Ball

Unlike others, our commentary duo weren't at a loss for words as they watched England being bamboozled by Akram in 1992

Indian board attempts to improve its image by becoming more accessible

The English invented the game. Surely they ought to have cracked the Final Frontier by now?

Every Indian fan must memorise these tips before approaching any disconsolate England fan

Our intrepid commentary duo were in St John's when the record for the individual score in Test cricket was broken

In which India's captain pays a visit to the opposition dressing room

In the first of a new series that revisits iconic cricket moments, we bring you the ball of the century

Country's cricket fans endure the absence of live games and the threat from a new sport

The sport would have been played in pristine outfits, by beautiful people who'd get all their problems solved by someone smarter than the umps

Did Beefy and Co take things lying down? No sirree

Bowlers blame academy for loss of pace, hair and sex appeal

India's leading fast bowler has said Indian bodies are not designed to bowl fast. What utter balderdash

Rancour, unsporting behaviour, waterboarding and elephantine memories: these two teams bring ulcer-inducing spice to cricket

The BCCI goes into damage-control mode by placing a call to Taunton

There walk among us those who will rip your intestines out, fill them with Statsguru links and feed them back to you if you say a word against Samaraweera

Talk-show host enamoured of new book; to come out of retirement to host Pakistani legend

Sri Lanka's new coach gets introduced to the ways of the team's senior players

All the action from the first week of the Champions League, and elsewhere, in this diary

Cricket is full of terms. Often their meanings are hard to agree on

If this application is anything to go by, the cricket board may pip the country of its origin to the Security Council