Scott Oliver
Pre-season anticipation often inspires one to set goals, but when this takes the form of chasing numbers, the effect can be stultifying
We all enjoy watching a little pettiness, bad blood and low-grade squabbling between players, let's admit it
How soon before teams turn to virtual reality to facilitate the process?
It makes teams use all sorts of methods to stay alive - harming themselves and the sporting culture in the process
Confidence, annoyance, impassiveness - the absence or presence of these emotions doesn't always convey what you're hoping it does
Permitting just two fielders behind square on leg is generally harsher against fingerspinners than other kinds of bowlers
Cricket has plenty of grey areas that can't be addressed by technology or clarified by the laws
The shorter the game, the greater the chances? Perhaps not
Our correspondent travels to Connecticut, USA, to play a club game - alongside Adam Sanford and against a motley expat crew
A nostalgic look at the team's limited-overs' wins since the '70s