Mike Atherton

Two streets, two photographs that defined Michael Atherton's two tours of the Caribbean as captain

Atherton, Hussain and Vaughan lead calls for change of leadership

Teenage son shows familiar mettle in 270-run stand for second wicket at Headingley

Twenty years on, Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton, Graham Thorpe, Mohammad Yousuf and Waqar Younis look back at a famous England win

18-year-old batsman signs three-year deal with county

A look at the most difficult Test runs made in an innings, taking into account the pitch and the support (or lack of it) at the other end

Athers, Faf, McCabe, and even Mark Waugh? Which batsmen have hunkered down the best?

It was hard for England fans to watch them repeatedly dismantle Atherton and Co, but it was harder to ignore their passion and skill

ESPNcricinfo runs its eye over the stand-out candidates for the role that Andrew Strauss recently vacated

Five great bowlers and the batsmen they loved to get rid of

He needs to throw off the shackles to come into his own as a leader

The showdown between Allan Donald and Michael Atherton at Trent Bridge in 1998 was brutal and engrossing

"It's a bit over the top," Australia's captain said. "We obviously had a plan from the start of the series that we were going to bowl a lot of short stuff to those guys, much like we did back in 2013"

Run-outs can be galling at the best of times; here are five that have dashed dreams, turned matches and sent crowds into a fury

A look back to when Devon Malcolm breathed fire and spewed brimstone at The Oval against South Africa

It was not always easy, but a worthy role model and the belated discovery of a cricket club helped keep a childhood passion alive and kicking

It seems extraordinary to recall now, given all the seismic scandals that have clawed away at the integrity of cricket over the past decade, but at the start of the 1990s, there was no issue more emotive than ball-tampering

A closer look at the fates of Alastair Cook's predecessors who played on after stepping down

Digging the pitch, repetitive body movements, talking to themselves, superstitious behaviour, visualisation - different ways that batsmen deal with the pressure of their profession