Barry Richards

Our diarist watches three batsmen take centre stage in the World Cup

Our commentator-columnist gets starry-eyed around two batting greats and wades into the de Villiers debate (while also getting in a round of golf in between)

Fifty years ago, the English domestic game underwent a revolution. Players who were part of it look back

Senior players are important to the team, not only to act as calm heads in crisis situations but also to provide inspiration to younger talent

Barry Richards has suggested South Africa's selectors should pick Stephen Cook to open in Tests and drop Stiaan van Zyl down the order to a more familiar role

Lament those players whose careers were cut short by apartheid, but how about those who did not even get a chance because of it?

Barry Richards has repeated his call for bat technology to be reined in in order to create a better balance between bat and ball and also avoid serious injury to bowlers, umpires or fielders

World Series Cricket's revered place in the history of the game and dressing room lore of its combatants is belatedly going to be backed up by official recognition of the players' achievements in the Super Tests and One Day Cup matches

Andrew Murtagh's book about his legendary Hampshire team-mate is packed full of anecdotes, detail and research

If there is such a thing as a cricketing life, it is one that plunges into the water and rides along the current

At the launch of his new book on South African batsmen, Ali Bacher paid tribute to one of the best

Legendary South African batsman Barry Richards puts his shortened Test career in perspective, and talks about facing Bedi and batting with Pollock and Viv

Barry Richards, Justin Langer, Graeme Smith and Andrew Strauss on life at the top of the order

Touch artists, god's gifts, naturals, geniuses and giants: five batsmen who set the pulse racing

The last time South Africa beat Australia at home was nearly 44 years ago. Four protagonists from the series remember those heady days

Introducing the next theme in our series: the second-finest batsman ever (after you know who)

South Africa's management has explained the players will wear black armbands in memory of people who were an important part of cricket in the country "especially post-unity"

If you think the world's current No. 1 side takes some beating, take a look at their compatriots from 35 years ago

In the post-Bradman era, these players delighted spectators and deflated the opposition with their ability to dominate the most fearsome attacks