Robin Smith

BAT Sports are within 37 points of regaining the ECB Southern Electric Premier League championship crown from Havant.

Thirty years ago, the Little Master announced his arrival with an unforgettable innings at Old Trafford

David Gower picks an all-star England XI

Robin Smith is best remembered for his strokeplay against the fearsome West Indian fast bowlers. In his new book he writes among other things about how he learnt to face short bowling

How many of these five classic bouncers do you remember?

Intelligent players can often get bogged down by too much information and lose natural awareness of their game

Not every great innings needs to be a big innings - as these five great sub-50 scores prove

Plus debutant brothers, a man who paid for the honour of captaining England, champagne to celebrate a first wicket, and more fun Ashes facts

The South African-born England batsman, 47 today, remembers being pelted by the fastest bowlers in the world, being reduced to tears by the management, and more

Eleven batsmen who overcame injury to make their mark on a game

The Professional Cricketers' Association have named their side to take on West Indies in a charity Twenty20 match at Arundel on June 26

The List plunges into 124 years of history and pull out some trivia ahead of the biggest-billed series in recent decades

The return of the regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket

Paul Coupar's verdict from Mohali

The World Cricket Classic, a Twenty20 cricket competition set to feature former leading international players, has been launched in London

Robin Smith collected a cheque for £239,000 from Hampshire Cricket President Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie at the counties annual general meeting.

Robin Smith has announced he will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the season

Robin Smith has announced his retirement on the eve of his 40th birthday after a gliiering career with Hampshire and Eand that spans 23 years.

Gully fielders everywhere will be heaving a sigh of relief today