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How do batters train for the demands of T20?

Liam Livingstone, Fabian Allen, Kane Williamson, Faf du Plessis and others talk about the work that goes into the big hits

How do batters train for the demands of T20?

Liam Livingstone, Fabian Allen, Kane Williamson, Faf du Plessis and others talk about the work that goes into the big hits

Hair apparent

Celebrating the mane men of cricket

It's just a little heartbreak

When a catch drops, when a loss stings, when you're feeling sad...

Has the Hundred reached the newbie fans it wanted to target?

The format has divided traditional supporters of the game, but what about those coming to cricket for the first time?

A year and a half of bio-bubbles: what has it been like for cricket?

Playing during the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on cricketers. What does the future hold?

Photo feature

Hunting high and low

Jul 19, 2021: Where does the ball go to when it disappears beyond the boundary?

Deepti Unni
Wish I'd Done That

Nantie Hayward: 'There's nothing better to watch than Allan running in like that'

Jul 16, 2021: The former South Africa fast bowler looks back at a legendary duel he wishes he had been part of

As told to Himanshu Agrawal
Wish I'd Done That

Paul Stirling: 'I remember thinking, "That's the pinnacle of the game and Stokes has achieved it"'

Jun 25, 2021: The Ireland batter on a modern classic innings he wishes he'd played

As told to Matt Roller
Photo feature

The best seats in the house

Jun 21, 2021: You might want to sit down for this

Deepti Unni
Feature

This is us: New Zealand's climb to the top

Jun 16, 2021: From whingers no one liked to opponents every one adores, New Zealand are the feel-good drama we all want to binge on

Andrew Fidel Fernando
Profile

Swing, smile, repeat: the secrets of Trent Boult's success

Jun 14, 2021: How Lovely Trenty became one of New Zealand's all-time greats

James Borrowdale
Analysis

How did India build their world-beating bench strength? They have a system

Jun 11, 2021: For long, its population made the country's talent pool notionally the world's largest. Now India has methods to identify and develop that talent to the fullest

Sidharth Monga
I Was There

When an India team with eight debutants beat a top England side

Jun 10, 2021: In 2014, a team of mostly greenhorns took on England Women in a Test, and won. Seven years later, the key players in that game look back

Interviews by Annesha Ghosh and Shashank Kishore
Wish I'd Done That

Jason Gillespie: 'To get nine wickets in an innings, I had never seen anything like that'

Jun 2, 2021: The former Australia fast bowler looks back at an innings he wishes he'd played: Richard Hadlee's blistering nine-wicket spell at the Gabba in 1985

As told to Nagraj Gollapudi
Feature

Why Bruce Laird's World Series knocks were as good as Test hundreds

May 18, 2021: The opener's gritty innings against Roberts, Holding and Co were worth their weight in gold, and his team-mates knew it

Ian Chappell
Writers
  • Andrew McGlashan
    Sneaky battles, amazing performances, weird results: how the Australia-India rivalry took shape What does the next installment of this head-to-head have in store?
  • Danyal Rasool
    Misbah-ul-Haq's tenure - more lows than highs, but he wasn't always to blame Misbah took over when Pakistan were No. 1 in T20I cricket, but they have slid since, like they have in other formats too
  • Alan Gardner
    It's clear which team is the best in the world A deeply scientific analysis comes to a foregone conclusion
  • Valkerie Baynes
    The shirts fit for Hundred pioneers as opening night provides the fireworks After the hype and anxiety, the Oval's curtain-raiser lives up to its billing
  • Andrew Fidel Fernando
    It's time to admit that England vs India is just practice for the Ashes Our correspondent focuses on the cricket that actually matters
  • Steven Lynch
    What is the closest Test series ever played, by average runs per wicket scored by each team? And how many players have lost a Test in which they scored a century in each innings?
  • Firdose Moonda
    Five talking points about South Africa's new domestic structure The franchise system is out, and a lot of other things are in
  • S Rajesh
    How New Zealand have transformed into world beaters since 2014: the numbers Their Test stats have been remarkable over the last seven years, led by a core group of players who have provided a stability they have often lacked in the past
  • Sidharth Monga
    CSK's new chasing mantra: Bat faster and smarter, not deeper Thanks to extraordinary batting depth, they have been able to minimise the risk and score more runs through the middle overs
  • Aakash Chopra
    How Rohit Sharma changed his game to the point of almost being unrecognisable It took courage to make the radical changes to his game that we saw him make in England
  • Matt Roller
    Air Jordan finds the hang-time as Cox serves up a night to remember The future is bright for 20-year-old matchwinner after starring with bat and in the field
  • Osman Samiuddin
    England's withdrawal is a slap to Pakistan's face The Pakistan side has toured the world more than any other since the pandemic began, hoping for reciprocity - which has not materialised
  • Andrew Miller
    Blog - Manchester Test to be 'rescheduled' following India's Covid-19 issues What's the latest on the status of the England-India Test series? Live updates here
  • Ian Chappell
    It's scary that India are a highly successful side who can still improve A middle order of Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya and R Ashwin would boost the team even more
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