England v Australia, 3rd Test, Perth

Pace, bounce, quick runs, and Mitchell Johnson

Dec 12, 2013: Stats preview to the Perth Test, where England have lost each of their last six Tests

New Zealand v West Indies, 1st Test, Dunedin, 5th day

West Indies' follow-on star

Dec 7, 2013: Stats highlights from a remarkable Test in Dunedin, which New Zealand failed to win despite dominating for large periods

Dwayne Bravo's ODI slump

Dec 6, 2013: He is the captain of the ODI team, but Bravo's stats in this format over the last couple of years are anything but impressive

West Indies in New Zealand 2013-14

A clash between two brittle batting line-ups

Dec 1, 2013: Stats preview to the three-Test series between New Zealand and West Indies, which begins in Dunedin on Tuesday

Hafeez v Steyn, and other bunnies

Nov 29, 2013: Mohammad Hafeez has fallen to Dale Steyn 15 times in all international matches; in the last 12 years, no bowler has dismissed a batsman more often

Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 4th day

England's first-Test blues

Nov 24, 2013: Stats highlights from Australia's emphatic Test win in Brisbane

Is batting first such an advantage in Tests?

Nov 22, 2013: Since the beginning of 2000, teams batting first have won 217 Tests but lost 250, which goes against the bat-first philosophy that has always existed in cricket

Kevin Pietersen's 100th Test

One of England's biggest matchwinners

Nov 20, 2013: Kevin Pietersen has been England's best batsman in the last 30 years, and one of their biggest matchwinners ever

Sachin Tendulkar's Test career in numbers

At home across the world

Nov 18, 2013: Sachin Tendulkar's Test stats reflect consistency over a staggeringly long period, with the highlight being his numbers outside the subcontinent

Older, fitter, stronger, better

Nov 15, 2013: Shivnarine Chanderpaul is 39, but over the last few years he has racked up some unbelievable numbers

India v West Indies, 2nd Test, Mumbai

India's worst batting venue

Nov 12, 2013: The Wankhede Stadium has been India's most result-oriented Test venue, but in the last 13 years it hasn't been kind to the home batsmen

Have the new rules made ODIs an unequal contest?

Nov 8, 2013: The India-Australia ODI series was a relentless run-fest, but the overall run rates haven't changed much since the new rules came along

India v West Indies, 1st Test, Kolkata

Tendulkar's chance to reach 1000 at a venue

Nov 5, 2013: Stats preview of the first Test between India and West Indies in Kolkata

India v Australia, ODI series, stats highlights

107 sixes, 345 fours, nine hundreds

Nov 4, 2013: Stats highlights from a relentless run-fest between India and Australia

India v Australia, 7th ODI, Bangalore

Thirty-six balls, 115 runs

Nov 2, 2013: Stats highlights from an incredible one-day international in Bangalore

Overseas masters

Nov 1, 2013: In the last six years South Africa have a 16-5 win-loss record in away Tests; no other team comes close during this period

India vs Australia, 6th ODI, Nagpur

Kohli fastest to 17 ODI tons

Oct 30, 2013: Statistical highlights from the sixth ODI between India and Australia in Nagpur, another high-scoring run chase

Australia's latest ODI batting star

Oct 25, 2013: George Bailey has played only 31 ODI innings, but during this period he has racked up astonishing numbers

Pakistan v South Africa, 2nd Test, Dubai, 1st day

Pakistan 7, Bangladesh 0

Oct 23, 2013: Stats highlights from an eventful opening day in Dubai

Chasing glory

Oct 18, 2013: Virat Kohli is already third in terms of most centuries when batting second in ODIs, but his rate of scoring them is unmatched in the format's history