Downtime Diaries is a series in which we talk to cricketers about how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected their lives and routines.
May 26
'I've been using an LPG cylinder for weight training'
India Under-19 legspinner Ravi Bishnoi is improvising his fitness routine in lockdown, hanging out with his nephew, and drawing inspiration from Australia
May 20
'I spent my birthday with Kumar Sangakkara's family in Galle'
Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur has learnt a lot about himself in the eight lonely weeks he has spent holed up in a hotel in Colombo
May 16
'This break has helped us switch off and recharge ourselves'
Cricket may be off the agenda for Jemimah Rodrigues at this point, but she's finding herself busier than ever
May 11
'This time I will fast for Ramadan'
Jahanara Alam is using the downtime to observe Ramadan and do some community service
May 6
'I baked a cake with my kids'
Kyle Coetzer on how Covid-19 has affected his life and cricket
April 30
'I got a message that said "Mandela did this for 27 years"'
Michael Holding about life in lockdown in the Cayman Islands
April 26
'It's frustrating because this is the year I decided to opt for cricket as a career'
Laura Wolvaardt on the "difficult decision" she had to make and on celebrating her 21st birthday in lockdown
April 21
'I can't let my wife win at badminton'
Cheteshwar Pujara tells us he is enjoying spending time with his two-year-old, helping his wife out, and not talking cricket with his father
April 16
'Who's going to deliver my son's birthday gift?'
Ravi Bopara is using this time to bond with his son
April 11
'I wash my hands about 20 times a day now'
Brendan Taylor on the important things lockdown has taught him
April 7
'I've got sucked into that terrible documentary, Tiger King'
Tammy Beaumont on what she's watching on the box and the team-mate she would most like to be stuck in isolation with
April 4
'When this is over, I hope we realise how little we need and how much we actually have'
Javeria Khan is using the downtime to reconnect with friends and family
April 1
'I didn't know fatherhood was this hard - it's non-stop'
Tabraiz Shamsi talks about parenting and playing Sequence
March 29
'I've been cheating a little'
Hanuma Vihari's tales about life in seclusion
March 24
'There is a lesson in all this: we take the game too seriously'
R Ashwin talks about his relaxed routine at home with the kids in Chennai
March 19
'If you take sport away, then I don't know really what we have'
Dale Steyn speaks about coming back home to South Africa from the PSL to find only one topic of conversation everywhere