It matters: the difference between a boundary four and a boundary six can be the margin of victory in a tight one-day game.

ECONOMIST: Ringing the changes

This was the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary, six hundred million years old.

NEWYORKER: The Martian Chroniclers

New batsmen Pettini went on the offensive as the day drew to a close, hitting Boje for six over the long-off boundary before dishing out the same treatment to Panesar.

BBC: Essex boosted by in-form Bopara