Good batsmen have good technique (whatever that means). But how much do you need to understand technique to be a good batsman?

It's certainly not the same thing. There are plenty of players who do well without worrying about playing right forward, without a straight back lift, without even hitting straight. They play, they score runs, they get on with the rest of their day.

Form is a strange thing. We all know it when we have it, and we all wonder how to get it back when it goes.

Admit it, you have played a shot you regret.

In a world of many different and successful ways of playing cricket, how can we know what is good technique?

We stood in silence. Blinking at each other.

Here’s why you should never underestimate a single.

When you bat with a plan, you never have to worry about technique again.

In Twenty20, you have to get a move on. Traditional practice won’t cut it. So use this routine instead.

Steve Waugh spoke to me once about his greatest ever Test Match innings.