In the wake of the publicity surrounding the recent release of “Fire in Babylon” Martin looks back to the first stop on the West Indian road to dominance.

CW is indebted to Turja Sen, producer with Ten Sports of India, for permission to post his recent interview with West Indies batsman, Marlon Samuels.

Australia’s decline as a Test side has seen blame levelled at many areas, but the significantly changed domestic structure over the past couple of decades should probably be at the top of the list.

“From Tony Cozier, through the cab driver in Barbados to the man in the stands at Sabina Park, they all said the same – “The maan could bat”.

Growing up in Cape Town, one of the most beautiful urban landscapes in the world, putting down roots in the Midlands county of Warwickshire, and joining the World?s best batsmen at the top of the international rankings; Jonathan Trott has evolved from a much travelled batsman to a prospective legend in England whites in recent months.

In this feature Martin looks back almost 25 years, to an infamous spat between an England captain, and a Pakistani umpire.

Since ATS has been dormant for a while, in which time the odd thing has changed, it seemed appropriate this week to look at some questions about changed and unchanged teams.

Babylon Definition : Babylon From a Rastafarian perspective, Babylon is the historically white-European colonial and imperialist power structure which has oppressed Blacks and other people of color.

Jake Howe takes a look at what’s gone wrong for Yorkshire this year and what the Tykes can do about it.

Guest feature writer Martyn Corrin looks at England’s push to become number one world Test-playing nation and asks the question, are they the real deal?