While they have a number of potentially dangerous hitters, the worry is Afghanistan won't consistently put up competitive totals

There has been no shortage of words written and spoken about Steven Smith's comeback, but the man himself cares only about batting

Aaron Finch is a lot more than the homespun journeyman you might think he is. And he just might be the leader Australia need

If more sides approached T20 less like traditional cricket forms and embraced all-out hitting without worrying about wickets, they would end up consistently pushing the envelope

How did Australian cricket come to be synonymous with hostility, gamesmanship and verbal abuse? A year on from Sandpapergate, we explore a thorny subject

We count, and describe, so you don't have to

Nathan Leamon, England's white-ball team analyst and head of research and innovation, talks about using data to get ahead

They tend to look down on players who can do the job but aren't young and exciting

Despite the evidence of history, we continue to pin our hopes on teams chasing 300-plus in the fourth innings in Tests

Is it a trend, an anomaly, the influence of T20 batting, or to do with more even pitches and better bowlers?

The story of a lad who overcame ADHD to become an unclassifiable bowler who's one of the world's best in T20

He was involved in more than a third of the balls in a recent T20 game, but sometimes only one counts

Version 2.0 bats big, fast and consistent - but in the world of auctions and drafts, perception still trumps performance

You can question why this one-day series is being played, but it allows us to measure up the two sides before next year

The 2018 Aboriginal XI tour of England is about celebrating the past - but the legacy could be significant for Australian cricket's future

He may never be a consistent run-scorer at Test level, but he might be an occasionally brilliant one

He has now played more Tests since the break in his career than before, but his reputation is largely formed on one season when even Shane Watson was a handful

He is going through a bit of a rough patch, but the men opening with him have done far worse

Pakistan were clinical and pragmatic in wrapping up a comfortable win at Lord's, two qualities that haven't always been associated with them

England weren't poor by any means, but what they tried didn't seem to come off for them the way it did for Pakistan