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Shepherd's hop for the best

Shepherd's hop for the best

David Foot celebrates the life and legend of the world's favourite umpire, David Shepherd, who has raised his finger for the last time and returned to his brother's post office in Devon

Derbyshire's cult heroes

Derbyshire's cult heroes

The Wisden Cricketer celebrates the forgotten greats - Derbyshire's cult heroes

25-Oct-2005•Gerald Mortimore

From little icons

From little icons

Colin Shindler goes back to the roots of Andrew Flintoff's career and traces his rise to superstar beside that of a fellow Lancashire schoolboy

Moving in the right direction

Moving in the right direction

Ashes fever brought a new audience to cricket and increased revenues but what is the next step for English cricket? Daniel Brigham investigates

22-Oct-2005•Daniel Brigham

Roll credits

Roll credits

Emma John witnesses the final, emotional moments of the broadcast of Channel 4's last Test, September 2005

The Awkward XI

The Awkward XI

Paul Coupar draws up The Awkward XI. Some were great. All were good. To get away with being their own men they had to be

13-Oct-2005•Paul Coupar

Cook's calling

Cook's calling

The Wisden Cricketer's review of last month's goings on at Essex

Braced and bracing

Braced and bracing

The Wisden Cricketer's review of last month's goings on at Durham

Searching for bottle

Searching for bottle

The Wisden Cricketer's review of last month's goings on at Derbyshire

We're all in it together

We're all in it together

The player's view of the county game, by David Fulton

13-Oct-2005•David Fulton

Omission impossible

Omission impossible

Simon Wilde on Graham Thorpe's omission and subsequent retirement

13-Oct-2005•Simon Wilde

Vlad the recruiter

Vlad the recruiter

Angus Bell finds a small Slovak village that toppled Poland on his European journey

13-Oct-2005•Angus Bell

Rixon departs The Oval office

Rixon departs The Oval office

An unhappy two years at Surrey has left Steve Rixon with a dim view of English cricket. Rob Steen meets him

13-Oct-2005•Rob Steen

England's XI steps to salvation

England's XI steps to salvation

Lawrence Booth plots the long and winding road that took England from the bottom of the Test pile to beating the world champions

13-Oct-2005•Lawrence Booth

Chasing the tale

Chasing the tale

From first ball to last, Julian Guyer, who reported on every international of the summer, charts the sweet agony of success

28-Sep-2005•Julian Guyer

Don't look back in anger

Don't look back in anger

Michael Slater, Australia's buccaneering opener turned pundit, on losing his Test place, illness and the Ashes

25-Sep-2005•Interview by Edward Craig

Standing the Test of time

Standing the Test of time

Tight finishes, winning against the odds, awesome individual performances. Gideon Haigh weighs up what makes a great Test match

23-Sep-2005•Gideon Haigh

Taken to the wire

Taken to the wire

Jeff Thomson, Geoff Miller, Bob Willis and Geoff Lawson recall the Boxing Day Test of 1983, in which England won by three runs

22-Sep-2005•Interviews by Nick Hoult

The Way It Was - The accidental cricketer

The Way It Was - The accidental cricketer

Stephen Chalke talks to Peter Wight

The way it was: 1950

The way it was: 1950

Michael Barton had never led a side until Surrey asked him to in 1948

10-Sep-2005•Stephen Chalke

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