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Head and shoulders above the rest

Head and shoulders above the rest

Picking an XI from among the tallest cricketers to have ever played

03-Feb-2017•Anindya Dutta

The 2015 all-Antipodean XI

The 2015 all-Antipodean XI

Which Australian and New Zealand players from the recent tours to England make the cut?

11-Sep-2015•Liam Cromar

An India-Pakistan team to beat the world

An India-Pakistan team to beat the world

Which players from the from the late-'70s and early-'80s line-ups of the two countries, would make it into a combined XI to beat the world? Here's one team

18-Jul-2015•Sankaran Krishna

The greatest rivalry never played

The greatest rivalry never played

What if South Africa and West Indies had clashed with each other in the 1970s?

12-Dec-2014•Colin Benjamin

The enormity of compiling A to Z XIs

The enormity of compiling A to Z XIs

What's your XI with all names starting with 'F' or 'N' or for that matter, 'Z'?

04-Sep-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

For the love of Aussie hard-cases

For the love of Aussie hard-cases

No country produces more leathery, ornery tough guys than Australia (which does not explain what Monty Panesar's doing in this XI)

31-Jan-2014•Matt Cleary

One-off saucepan sizzlers

One-off saucepan sizzlers

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

07-Oct-2013•Andy Zaltzman

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

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

Players who burned bright briefly? Here you go

01-Oct-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The games people play

The games people play

Cricketers who could also swing a club or a foot or two

10-Aug-2013•Matt Cleary

My Australian XI for Trent Bridge

My Australian XI for Trent Bridge

Thought only selectors make shocking picks? How about having no frontline spinner for the first Ashes Test?

05-Jul-2013•Matt Cleary

The no-honours XI

The no-honours XI

Players who received plenty of applause but probably no standing ovations

10-May-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Cricket's greatest bearded XI

Cricket's greatest bearded XI

And so, for no reason, cricket's greatest beard XI

12-Apr-2013•Matt Cleary

The novelists who ate bowlers

The novelists who ate bowlers

Or how Robert Ludlum and John Updike turned promising ODI superstars into long-format wrecks

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Saleem Elahi and the rich man's Saleem Elahi

Saleem Elahi and the rich man's Saleem Elahi

Star in the ODI Legends but Test Muppets XI

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The Don Bradman of bowling unpenetratively in ODIs

The Don Bradman of bowling unpenetratively in ODIs

And the five of his cohorts who complete our XI who were good in Tests but rubbish in ODIs

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Good in Tests, rubbish in ODIs XI - part one

Good in Tests, rubbish in ODIs XI - part one

Five batsmen who made you raise your eyebrows in one format and face-palm yourself in another

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The blog you've all been waiting for

The blog you've all been waiting for

In other words, the Blaze of Glory - Part 3

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The Blaze of Glory XI - part two

The Blaze of Glory XI - part two

Greetings from New York City, where non-cricketous work has taken me temporarily to the place where Donald Bradman met Babe Ruth , and, one hopes, tried to convince the legendary Yankees slugger that if he did not hit the ball in the air so often,

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The Blaze of Glory XI

The Blaze of Glory XI

Part one of the Official Confectionery Stall team who exited to applause

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Players with pairs lasting two or three balls XI

Players with pairs lasting two or three balls XI

Ashwin's hundred reminded Andy Zaltzman of Agarkar's, which in turn reminded him of things that go quack-quack

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

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