He has been a galvanising, socialising force in England's limited-overs cricket, but does not enjoy the support that Alastair Cook does

Five cricket arguments that are not going anywhere in a hurry

They don't really provide narrative shape to the uncoordinated mess that is the FTP, but they can occasionally provide a compelling story - as they did this week

The likes of Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Ben Duckett and Daniel Bell-Drummond will fill grounds and keep the game alive for the next generation of fans

At Lord's we saw three in-between scores of the sort that are as likely to annoy the selectors as excite them

Just as the game has changed, so has the way it is talked about

The acknowledgement he craves as a cricketer has become more distant for him, and he only has himself to blame for it

Fewer series may help give the format a more meaningful narrative and make it as immersive an experience as the IPL season just past

The scoop, the sweep and all of the other shots that are now becoming standard in cricket began as acts of imagination, driven by necessity

The further away a match travels from the coin spin, the harder it becomes to find solid evidence of advantage

England's yorker specialist has been front and centre in their World T20 campaign

The team's transformation has been dramatic and their captain has been instrumental in bringing it about

In cricket, there is often no fairness to the end of a career and the way it comes, just the inevitable knowledge that it will. Which makes McCullum's exit remarkable

From international disaster to game-changer, cricket's shortest format has come a long way in the last 13 years

His career, with its excellence and its quirks, tells us that cricket is big enough to contain everything and everyone

Of the survivors of the 2010 final, these two still have plenty to offer

Wanted: an opening partner, a spinner, and durable fast bowlers to start with

Today unorthodox, self-taught techniques are celebrated and emulated, but the greatest batsman of all had few followers

It's too soon to draw conclusions from the Adelaide Test, but going by the game's history, it won't be long before day-night Tests simply become Tests

Players with transferable white-ball skills are no longer as easy to fit into old stereotypes