A shooting star whose light burned gloriously but all too briefly, the death of Phil Hughes at only 25 reminds us in the most tragic manner of both our own mortality and of the joy which one so gifted can bring us in so short a time.

Following Gareth’s assessment of how the four great all-rounders of the ’80s performed against the West Indies, Dave looks at their overall career impact in Tests.

Formats come, and occasionally go, but the once popular head to head version of the game has defied all attempts to revive it

He might have played many times for England or Pakistan, or perhaps even both, but in the end there were just four Tests over 17 years for Younis Ahmed

CricketWeb’s interview with fielding coach Mike Young.He talks about his career,fielding,coaching besides other things.

In this feature CW’s fashion correspondent looks at the timeless issue of facial hair – some dodgy styles here – and where is Shahid Afridi?