In the third edition of Ask the Spider, we bring you who the best batsman in the world is, the grounds that have had the most ODIs/Tests played at and much more.

I flew out to India on 11th February for a week long batting clinic in Mohali with the other batsmen from the Yorkshire squad.

The Australian Cricket Team, in all forms of the game is bursting with both talent and experience. So one would assume the task of filling the vice captaincy role (made vacant by a retiring Adam Gilchrist) would be a no brainer.

New Zealand’s call-up of the aptly-named Jesse ‘Wider’ Ryder to their one-day squad to face England may have been a surprise to some, but he follows in the knee-deep footsteps of a number of players of equally epic proportions who have made a considerable impact on the game – and on the ground when they landed on it.

It’s remarkable how two miles and two weeks can spin your life around on its axis, thrusting you from one side of a situation into the other, and forcing you to question everything you think, and everything you believe in.

Today we would like to announce the latest update to the Cricket Mail service. With immediate effect all accounts will now have a massive 500MB of FREE space for you to store all those messages!

Following a miserable tour to Sri Lanka, Kevin Pietersen will be intent on filling his boots against a New Zealand attack that may well be powerless to stop him.

In the second edition of Ask the Spider, we bring you the most successful wicketkeepers, the lbw record, the inflated averages, and the truths about the myths of bowling speed

Adam Gilchrist may have announced his retirement from international cricket, but is this the last we’ve seen of the greatest ever wicketkeeper-batsman?

Sometimes I feel sorry for Eddie – not often, of course, but every now and again I’m really broken up for the poor old git. Winter time is a terrible time for him and he mopes around the house all day shivering, just waiting for the new cricket season to arrive.