'Fast bowling is about imposing yourself on the batsman'
Oct 17, 2012: Getting swing while bowling fast - Waqar Younis knew how to do that. He talks us through the art and science of it
'When you've played at the top, it's hard to settle for second-best'
Mar 29, 2012: Rahul Dravid looks ahead to life after retirement, back at his career and captaincy, and at the changing status of Test cricket
'I just try to convey my enjoyment of cricket'
Jan 30, 2012: Now as 40 years ago, Bill Lawry can get excited at the drop of a hat - by a shot, a ball, a catch. His job, he says, is to make the man in the garden come into the house to check what happened
Tim Nielsen
'It would've been hypocritical for me to cry and carry on'
Nov 4, 2011: The former Australia coach talks about losing his job, Australia's last two Ashes, Greg Chappell, and the captaincy of Ponting and Clarke
Tim Nielsen
'We became more mortal than in the past'
Nov 3, 2011: The former Australia coach looks back at his trying tenure when Australian cricket lost big names, dealt with controversy, and coped with becoming one of the rest
'A bad captain can make a great team look ordinary'
Sep 22, 2011: India's youngest and most distinguished captain on the importance of honesty, transparency and inspiration when leading a side
'Will Fletcher risk annoying a lot of people in India?'
Sep 7, 2011: Nasser Hussain looks at the challenge ahead of his former coach, his own experience as a British Asian captaining England, and how to balance cricket's three formats
'As captain you need people to want to play for you'
Sep 6, 2011: Nasser Hussain talks about leadership, the rise of England, the captaincy styles of Strauss and Dhoni, and more
Harbhajan Singh
'If the critics think I could have taken four, I feel I could have taken six'
Jul 12, 2011: The latest entrant to the 400-club aims for another 200, beats himself up for his bad spells, and talks about how he's better when he's calm and composed
John Wright
'To become a good coach you need to have good cricketers'
Apr 21, 2011: John Wright talks about the place of coaching in the modern game and looks at his assignment with New Zealand, as well as his time with India a few years ago
Kumar Sangakkara
'My decision may have been selfish but it was right'
Apr 12, 2011: Kumar Sangakkara explains why he stepped down from the captaincy and looks back at his two years in charge
Rahul Dravid
'There are no easy catches in the slips'
Dec 28, 2010: The first man to take 200 catches in Test cricket, Rahul Dravid speaks about what it takes to stand in the cordon
Gary Kirsten
'If you are not in the team, you are doing something wrong'
Nov 9, 2010: India's coach looks ahead to the next year: playing the World Cup and 14 Tests, building up the bench strength to deal with retirements, and his high points so far
Gary Kirsten
'It's exciting to see the younger cricketers wanting to play Tests'
Nov 8, 2010: India's coach looks back at his two and a half years with the team: from building one-on-one relationships to putting himself in a player's shoes before offering advice
Shane Bond
'I love Test cricket, but I'm also a realist'
May 11, 2010: Shane Bond explains his retirement from long-form cricket, and talks about New Zealand's talent pool, his likely successors, and his plans for the future
Sanath Jayasuriya
'I'd like to play for another six months'
Dec 27, 2009: Jayasuriya on his immediate goals, the captains and coaches he's played under, his favourite opposition and his best innings
Sanath Jayasuriya
'Winning for Sri Lanka is what I enjoy the most'
Dec 26, 2009: Twenty years into an extraordinary international career, Sanath Jayasuriya looks back at his humble beginnings and the people who made his rise possible
Virender Sehwag
Sep 17, 2009: In the second part of the interview, the most destructive batsman of our era talks about his respect for Tendulkar, playing spinners, and the influence of various coaches on his game
Virender Sehwag
'Sometimes I play according to the situation'
Sep 16, 2009: Last five overs of the day? Forget the nightwatchman, I'll take 25 runs. Modern cricket's greatest maverick batsman speaks about the method in his madness in the first instalment of a two-part interview
Allan Donald
'I wanted to be the bloke who took a five-for'
Aug 31, 2009: Aspiring to get 300 wickets is all very well, but White Lightning set himself short-term targets. His secret? Wanting to pummel the opposition into the ground
Where did the old Duncan Fletcher go?
Sharda Ugra: India's coach seems a far cry from the combative professional who took England to the top
If you want to know what Brisbane's cricket culture is like, you've got to talk to Ian Healy
Vernon's best, and Rahul's record
Ask Steven: Also: XIs of only right-handers, best bowling on captaincy debut, most innings without being stumped, and the Peshawar Rickshaw
Mike Gatting, Graham Thorpe and Murali Kartik on how England need to bat against the Indian spinners. Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi
Brave New Pitch: Evolution of Modern Cricket
Samir Chopra introduces his new book
Amla, the secret of Kallis' prolific run?
Jacques Kallis has shifted a gear since scoring his first double-century in December 2010. A key factor for this seems to be the presence of Hashim Amla
While Rob Quiney sat and watched the rain in Brisbane, Usman Khawaja was emphatically pushing his Test case in Hobart
Bowlers forget the McDermott mantra
Australia's bowlers were guilty of bowling short on a slower Gabba pitch and their new bowling coach's key task would be to remind them the methods that brought them success last year
Kohli's record, and a victory drought
Also: big leads in defeats, highest score in Sri Lanka, Bradman's nemesis, and Ponting's fast-bowling cousin
When Chandra took the best figures of his career, only for India to lose the match to England
How Ashwin can turn his class to world-class (98)
He has a terrific temperament for spin bowling and doesn't alter his plans just because he gets hit for a six. All he needs to do now is work on his fitness
Look out for KP and Sachin (96)
Their particular circumstances and their manner of playing make two cricketers especially worth watching in the India-England series
Where have all the batsmen gone? (71)
The Sheffield Shield used to be a factory for producing Test-ready batsmen. But a combination of green seaming pitches and flawed techniques has resulted in the cupboard becoming alarmingly bare
World's best attack brought down to earth (62)
There will be days when a pitch has nothing in it, South Africa are out of ideas and a Michael Clarke is hard to remove. And they will need to know what to do on those days - something they did not know today
Amla, the secret of Kallis' prolific run? (60)
Jacques Kallis has shifted a gear since scoring his first double-century in December 2010. A key factor for this seems to be the presence of Hashim Amla