Terry Alderman

Five batsmen and bowlers who enjoyed stretches of world-beating excellence

Incidents of players being injured when not actually batting, bowling or fielding

And who are the oldest living players to have played T20?

A soggy Nottingham hosted the low-scoring first Test of the 1981 Ashes, and the quick bowlers ruled the roost

Australia's triumph in the 1989 Ashes is a cautionary tale for those who think England barely need to lift a finger to retain the urn

The squad that toured a country under apartheid in 1985-86 played some quality, hard-fought cricket, but at what cost?

The world Shane Warne entered in 1992 lacked respect and understanding for legspin, and many of the batsmen with whom Trent Copeland has just joined battle regard medium pace almost as dimly

In a week where Andrew Symonds hit the headlines for shoulder-barging a streaker we look back at the Perth Test in November 1982, when a similar move almost cost a player his career

Cricinfo takes a look back at five instances from the modern era where England's batting has collapsed in dramatic style

This week the List focuses on players who have the largest differences between their Ashes averages and career averages

When West Indies went to Australia in 1981 they had not lost in 15 Tests. Australia had just lost against Pakistan, albeit a dead rubber, by an innings. On an MCG pitch so lively it was deadly West Indies had Holding, Garner, Roberts and Croft. Australia

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

Terry Alderman has jumped on the ex-fast bowling wagon that thinks Glenn McGrath is past it and he worries for Australia's selectors as they prepare for life without him

A week dominated by Zimbabwe, Jerusalem and who was it that called Tony Blair a knob?

Terry Aldermann, the former Australian fast bowler, has questioned the ability of South Africa's cricketers after they succumbed to an innings defeat against Western Australia yesterday

Damien Martyn's Test-team dumping has disappointed the former Australia bowlers Terry Alderman and Wayne Clark

David Frith on the Perth Test of 1982-83 and the marketing of that summer's Ashes

Terry Alderman talks to Andrew Miller

Terry Alderman says Australia's batsmen "should go and hang themselves" if they fall to Ashley Giles this summer