Mike Atherton

When Atherton produced a guts-and-glory classic at the Wanderers

When Michael Atherton met Robert Mugabe

Batsmen who have been let down by their - or others' - running

Set to retire from the Times, Christopher Martin-Jenkins talks about past times, present gripes and future plans

Mike Atherton will replace Christopher Martin-Jenkins as cricket correspondent of The Times after England's tour of New Zealand early next year

Michael Atherton, the former England captain, has called for Sreesanth to be banned from The Oval Test for bowling a beamer at Kevin Pietersen

The ECB have turned to the world of golf as they search for answers as to where they disastrous Ashes tour went wrong

The cricket world has been cautioned not to expect too much of the young spin bowlers who will be the long-term replacements for Shane Warne

Matthew Engel reviews Mike Atherton's Gambling: A story of triumph and disaster

Test cricket has never been played at a quicker pace than in this modern age. Since over-rates are universally poor, it is the batsmen's scoring we refer to. Run rates and strike rates are rising and a score of 300 runs in a day is only just about par, wh

At Centurion in January 2000 Hansie Cronje offered Nasser Hussain a target so generous that he 'couldn't believe it'. Only now do we know why ...

There's a newish sports TV channel around specialising in nostalgia of the highest order. I won't reveal its name in case I'm accused of shameless plugging but I believe it may advertise its wares elsewhere on this website. It should be called Hindsight T

Michael Atherton says Australia's pace attack is unlikely to be too different from the one that featured in last year's epic Ashes series, but he still lists them as favourites this summer

Dean Jones's recent on-air gaffe about Hashim Amla was not the first time a player or commentator has said something on-air they have instantly regretted, and nor will it be the last

Andrew Miller on some of the more comical dismissals in cricket's history

Michael Atherton, the former England captain, fears history is in danger of repeating itself after Andrew Flintoff was ruled out for 12 weeks

Injuries are all the vogue for England's cricketers at present. If it's not Michael Vaughan's knee, it's Ashley Giles's hip or even Ed Joyce's ankle. Here, Cricinfo charts a selection of players whose medical bulletins have been known to overtake the onfi

Jenny Thompson spends a day in the commentary box with the Sky team