Alec Stewart

Alec Stewart, the former England captain, will return to Surrey after agreeing to join the club's cricket management team

Following the abandonment of the first day's play in Antigua owing to a sandy and dangerous pitch, we look back 11 years to the scene of another curtailed Caribbean Test, the first of the1997-98 West Indies-England series

Reaction in the aftermath of the abandoned Sabina Park Test

The first Test between the West Indies and England was abandoned in Kingston, Jamaica, yesterday after an hour's play on the opening day when the pitch was deemed dangerous

When South Africa came to England in 1998, they were expected to take the series. Then the script went awry

Since Alec Stewart retired five years ago England have dropped keepers almost as often as the keepers have dropped catches or flopped with the bat

Stuart Broad's selection for England puts him among a select group whose fathers have also played for England. Here are XI others

When two wicketkeepers appear for a side in the same game

England's former captain and wicketkeeper, Alec Stewart, believes that Steve Harmison has to be picked for Thursday's crucial Test at the WACA despite concerns about his form, because he is a proven matchwinner, and winning the match is what England have

Luke Ronchi blasted 89 from 49 balls and Adam Voges impressed with 71 after his surprise Test call-up as the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI easily accounted for the England XI at Lilac Hill in Perth

Former England captains reacted with dismay at England's spectacular defeat to Australia in the second Test at Adelaide on Tuesday

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 ...

The regeneration of Surrey's headquarters at The Oval will include an honouring of its previous generations, after it was announced that the club intends to name certain sections of the newly rebuilt Vauxhall End after 20 of its greatest players

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on The Week That Was, August 13 to 19

Justin Langer's 100th Test this week lasted precisely one ball, after he was felled by the opening delivery of Australia's innings at Johannesburg. And recently Rahul Dravid pooped his own centenary party, by inserting England at Mumbai and presiding over

Alec Stewart, the former England captain, has come out in support of Ian Bell, who was set to be dropped for the Tests against Pakistan but could get into the team owing to Michael Vaughan's injury

Ian Bell is determined to silence those who have doubted his ability to perform at international level

Alec Stewart, the batsman Shane Warne dismissed 14 times in Tests, has stepped in to help England