When is a Test Match not a Test Match? In this feature Martin looks back to the English summer of 1970 and the cricket played by one of the strongest teams the world has seen.

England’s squad announced for the upcoming Pakistan series produced very few surprises, but will the balance of the starting XI remain as predictable?

Watching Virender Sehwag’s remarkable innings in the penultimate ODI against West Indies started me thinking about recordbreaking generally.

With depression hitting cricketers often with the public unaware, Ewan looks at specific examples of players hit by the ilness, and explores why cricket seems to be a common sport for depression sufferers.

In the wake of the imprisonment of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif Martin looks back at the old controversy involving Shane Warne and Mark Waugh.

This recent piece reflects my thoughts on this thorny subject, following the recent death of Basil D’Oliveira.

In 1990 England’s Chris Lewis had the world at his feet, but within twenty years the bottom had fallen out of that world. In this feature Martin looks at his story.

New Zealand approached the first test against Australia having had the better of a drawn lead up match against Australia A and having pasted the home side’s young pace men at Allan Border Oval the week before the Gabba outing.

In this feature Martin enlists the help of some of the game’s greatest names in order to explain the legend that is Jack Gregory and Ted MacDonald.

We are delighted to launch a new feature for Cricket Web, a regular selection of the writings of Gulu Ezekiel.