With apologies to Graham Parker and the Rumour, David Taylor takes a look at an area of the game where opinions are sharply divided, the value of night-watchmen

Alistair Cook is hopefully about half way through his playing career. In this feature Martin takes a look at what he has achieved so far.

David Mutton looks back at Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar’s childhood friend, who briefly set the cricket world alight with a dazzling start to his test match career.

He may not have been popular with opponents, but under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga Sri Lanka became a force in the world game. In this feature Martin tells his story.

In the great Australian sides of the 2000s, the contribution Damien Martyn made was often unjustly overlooked.

Our final piece marking Ricky Ponting’s retirement comes from David Mutton, an Englishman in New York.

Our series of features on Ricky Ponting continues with Martin’s thoughts on the newly retired Australian captain.

Over the next few days three CricketWeb writers, from varying locations across the cricket world, will be posting their reflections on the great man. An Australian, naturally, starts us off.