'Like Neil Armstrong landing on the moon and tripping over'

Dec 12, 2013: What's the most anti-climactic moment in Indian cricketing history? Hint: It's got to do with a mega-milestone reached in a match India lost to Bangladesh

WACA, England's blackhole

Dec 12, 2013: England need to cross a statistical hurdle of stellar proportions if they are to win the third Ashes Test

'How cricket taught me to help deliver a child'

Dec 12, 2013: Zaltz explains how the game can help guide us through the important moments in life

Michael Clarke's reverse polarity and other mysteries

Dec 10, 2013: Also, conclusive proof that Alan Mulally was the equal of Don Bradman as a batsman

Four unarguable statistical reasons why England will play well in Adelaide

Dec 3, 2013: And for the superstitious, there are anti-stats to ward away evil with

'A shaved dog is angrier than an unshaved dog'

Dec 1, 2013: In which the Zaltz channels the wit and wisdom of the great Navjot Sidhu

'Stuart Broad's a lovely chap who doesn't know the rules of cricket'

Nov 29, 2013: The only possible explanation for the Trent Bridge nick incident, and what Lance Armstrong really did

How growing a moustache can improve your all-round skills

Nov 26, 2013: A review of the first Ashes Test reveals startling facts about the weather and facial hair

The Official Confectionery Stall Ashes Preview

Nov 20, 2013: Andy Zaltzman provides the almost-definite preview of the Ashes series and why England should, could, or might not retain the urn

The year 1AT begins

Nov 19, 2013: The one-man encyclopaedia of stats is gone, but his numbers are now footnotes in history along with West Indies' awful ones from this series

What if Sachin pulls a hamstring in Kolkata?

Nov 5, 2013: The Confectionery Stall's advanced-level cricket examination goes boldly where no cricket quiz has done

The Ajit Agarkar factor

Oct 30, 2013: Jokes about the great Mumbaikar always go down well, as do digs at the BCCI

Time for a declaration treaty (and, no, I wasn't asleep on TV)

Oct 24, 2013: South Africa's remorseless progress towards complete domination, and the lack of a contest, made for tough viewing but I managed to stay awake

The experience of Switzerland-like neutrality in Dubai

Oct 23, 2013: The curious case of watching cricket as a neutral observer in Dubai, one of the world's odder places

Three sheep in the back of a rickshaw

Oct 18, 2013: This week's vignettes from the streets of Bangalore and Mumbai are oddly cattle-themed

The most cricketous area in the world

Oct 10, 2013: The tour kicks off in Mumbai, with a visit to the maidans, where all of cricket is displayed in a microcosm

One-off saucepan sizzlers

Oct 7, 2013: Part two of the flash-in-the-pan XI features bowlers who rattled the opposition once and then went off to lead a peaceful, non-violent existence

The All-time Flash-in-the-Pan XI

Oct 1, 2013: Players who burned bright briefly? Here you go

Things to live for over the next few months

Sep 26, 2013: The Ashes are over, but dry your tears, there's oodles of fantastic cricket to come

The unsung micro-Botham

Sep 5, 2013: In this Ashes series, Tim Bresnan was statistically unspectacular but impactful