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Ali Orr: It has taken time to escape "demons" of broken arm

NICK FRIEND – INTERVIEW: Orr was struck on the forearm by the first ball he faced in last year's T20 Blast, having just joined Hampshire, and he reflects here on the mental journey since then to become comfortable again against the short ball

No South Africa rethink for Heinrich Klaasen despite Cricket World Cup "end goal"

OSCAR RESS - INTERVIEW: The wicketkeeper-batter, who is playing for Manchester Originals in The Hundred this month, announced the end of his Proteas career in June at 34 years old

When England exorcised 42 years of hurt

Claire Taylor tells JAMES COYNE how England earned Australia's true respect in their own elusive Women's Ashes triumph in 2005

Alice Capsey: I get abusive comments on Instagram posts from years ago

NICK FRIEND – INTERVIEW: Capsey only turns 21 next week but has grown up alongside The Hundred, which made an immediate star of her back in its first year; that status has brought enormous opportunities but also its challenges

Cricket's different shapes and sizes never cease to amaze

PAUL EDWARDS: Not everything about the game is perfect at the moment, but cricket often manages to transcend the ministrations of the spivs, incompetents and demagogues

Hyped Hundred an unworthy dessert following the England v India main course

HUW TURBERVILL: Following a five-Test series of epic proportions, the 100-ball competition has begun with the challenge of matching the excitement of the previous six-and-a-half weeks

Introducing Esmae MacGregor, tier one's breakout seamer for 2025

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: For a fairly unheralded, uncapped seamer, these have been crazy months, culminating in a Hundred wildcard from Manchester Originals

How the One Day Cup accelerated the development of English cricket's youngsters

NICK FRIEND: The consequence of throwing teenagers into the domestic 50-over competition has been a greater confidence to blood the same players in the County Championship and T20 Blast, who have thrived but mightn't otherwise be deemed ready

Why 2005's Fab Five eclipse Botham's Ashes of 1981

RICHARD HOBSON considers which of the classic duels between England and Australia should be regarded as the greatest

Time to end the Kookaburra experiment

GEORGE DOBELL: After a third summer of the trial, it seems reasonable to conclude that the ball is just not suitable for English conditions.

Wondrous Scarborough prepares to welcome Sussex for mid-summer scrap

HUW TURBERVILL: Yorkshire have one of the best outgrounds on the circuit at their disposal, but their position in County Championship Division One means this week is no holiday

Genius Javed Miandad did not abide by the rules

MIKE SELVEY pays tribute to the former Pakistan batter and the innings that cemented his magnificence

Laura Harris: "The way I play cricket is the way that I love playing cricket"

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: Unashamedly true to herself, Harris is the leading six-hitter in the inaugural women's T20 Blast and has scored her runs at a faster rate than anyone else, playing in a manner that has carved out a trailblazing career

A little bit of Freddie in my life - The Cricketer's writers relive the 2005 Ashes

RICHARD HOBSON, GEORGE DOBELL, JAMES COYNE, NICK FRIEND AND GEOFF BARTON recall their memories of the series from very different vantage points

Well-balanced Tom Lammonby far from the finished product

MELINDA FARRELL - INTERVIEW: The Somerset youngster is firmly part of the club's future and now has an unlikely new way of parking his cricketing frustrations