LAWRENCE BOOTH IN PERTH: An electric display from England's five-man pace attack, led by five wickets for Ben Stokes , turned a thrilling opening day on its head.
LAWRENCE BOOTH: These days, the cricket communities of India and England need little excuse to get under each other's skin. And that skin, on both sides, can be surprisingly thin.
LAWRENCE BOOTH: Cricket is mourning the death at the age of 61 of David 'Syd' Lawrence, the popular and wholehearted England and Gloucestershire fast bowler.
TOP SPIN: There are 18 first-class county headquarters in Britain, and Mail Sport's Lawrence Booth has been to them all - many times over. Here, he ranks them in order of personal preference.
TOP SPIN: There are 18 first-class county headquarters in Britain, and Mail Sport's Lawrence Booth has been to them all - many times over. Here, he ranks them in order of personal preference.