John Lever

Graham Gooch picks a team from among the best cricketers he played with

The punishment meted out to David Warner, Cameron Bancroft and Steven Smith is the most severe in cricket's history with ball tampering. Here are seven other confessions from the past

From loveable pushovers to strutting county titans, Essex's self-made story through the '80s chimed perfectly with the times

When he played in the city in 1977, he was called a cheat. Last week he returned in happier circumstances

It's time everyone reached an agreement on what objects can be brought on to the field and be acceptably used on the ball

Former England fast bowler John Lever recalls the Vaseline incident, playing in Pakistan, and rooming with Derek Randall

Part two of the flash-in-the-pan XI features bowlers who rattled the opposition once and then went off to lead a peaceful, non-violent existence

When a discarded strip of gauze threatened to derail a series

The England bowler's Test career started off like a dream in Delhi in 1976

Controversy erupted during the third Test in Chennai, when it was alleged that John Lever was using Vaseline on the ball to help it swing. Tony Greig recalls the incident

Darren Sammy's return of 7 for 66 on his debut for West Indies at Old Trafford was not quite enough to give his side victory, nor did it put him in the top XI of best returns on debut. Here are the best of the best

Stephen Thorpe watches some former greats at the Antigua Independence Festival

Lord MacLaurin has decreed that England players will no longer share hotel rooms