This week we look at the oldest active cricketer, India’s top captains, the glovemen who have also worn the captain’s armband, and the century on consecutive days.

If you think a string of recent retirements means Australia will automatically lose top spot in the world of cricket, guess again.

Despite no longer being able to call on modern greats like Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist, no country is better able to minimise the effect of these departures than Australia.

Once again we find ourselves debating whether now is the right time to tamper with England’s top six in the Test batting line-up. In such situations the old adage of form being temporary and class permanent rings very true.

Cricket is now a global game played by millions of people. But how would a group of rural French teenagers react when experiencing the game for the first time? It seems the game isn’t quite as global as we thought…

This week we look at the lowest total to be defended, the leading players so far in 2008, the unlucky 13s, and the cricketing Olympic Gold winners.

International Cricket Captain 2008 has been released and we have a two day trial of the full game for you to try out and more.

Renowned fielding coach Julien Fountain recently spoke to CricketWeb, answering questions posed by the active community within the CricketWeb forums.

This week we look at the low strike-rates, the oldest current cricketer, the low totals, and the most successful captains in a variety of ways. Plus another World Cup XI.

I am eventually back playing cricket again after three months on the sidelines with a bad hamstring and calf injury. With no 2nd XI cricket or practice I was selected for the Yorkshire Twenty/20 side to play against Leicestershire at Grace Road.

In recent times, there has been much talk of how to make Test cricket more “interesting”. Some worthy ideas have been mooted; some have talked of trying to produce more results. Yet some of the most exciting finishes to Test matches ended in draws.