Cook's fifty problem, England's left-armer problem
Jul 22, 2016
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What will be on the home side's minds heading into the Old Trafford Test?
Andy Zaltzman
Stand-up comedian; writer
The unique phenomenon that is Pakistan cricket
Jul 20, 2016
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Their openers aren't reliable, their tail is weak, and their fielding isn't impressive. Does that stop them from winning Tests spectacularly? Of course not
The anti-surpassing record, and the Cookie Monster
Jun 15, 2016
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In an unsatisfying England-Sri Lanka series, some unsatisfying numbers were achieved. At least England's captain got to go berserk at the end
The summer stats quiz (aka the England-Sri Lanka numbers you don't know)
Jun 2, 2016
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Or how to infuse extra meaning into Anderson's five-fors and Sri Lanka's sub-100 total
The Zaltzmeister
One and only
May 2016
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Epic hundreds, ignominious king pairs, stonewallers and fire starters: the short history of cricket's first men in
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It's great when you're eight
Apr 2016
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Which No. 8's name would you tattoo on your body?
The World T20 ultimate champions prospects guide
Mar 23, 2016
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Who's going to win? Not Bangladesh, not England, not Australia, not Afghanistan, not India...
Everything you need to know about the India-New Zealand T20I
Mar 16, 2016
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Aka the Nagpur Twirlageddon
Why T20 is actually a keeper's game
Mar 9, 2016
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And a look at other Ryan Campbell-ish comebacks in cricket
Magnificent Martin and jaunty Jack
Mar 3, 2016
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We remember the great New Zealand batsman. And look at Test records that have stood for 94 years and two months