Allrounders

England allrounder Ben Stokes on being a nervous cricketer, the man who yawns in team meetings and how he's turned things around since the World Cup snub

He has played very little first-class cricket of late to prove his worth despite showing an aptitude for the longer format during earlier seasons

A World Cup win could be the prefect farewell gift for Daniel Vettori, much like how it was for Glenn McGrath in 2007 and Sachin Tendulkar in 2011

Of the game's many versatile greats, how many could command a place in their Test XI on the strength of one skill alone?

One of India's greatest allrounders is today unfortunately mostly remembered for a mode of dismissal that, though legitimate, is seen by many to be unfair

A look back on the players who have scored 40+ runs and taken four wickets or more in the same game, in the IPL

Self-belief plays a big part of Corey Anderson stunning rise from backyard cricket to national hero, as he reveals in an interview with Alan Perrott for the New Zealand Herald

Haddin's record against England is better than his illustrious predecessor's, and he played for a far weaker team

There has been no shortage of punditry and vitriol directed at Andy Flower and Co in the wake of the Ashes loss. They have their work cut out for them

Jacques Kallis was among the greatest of batsmen who could bowl, but he doesn't belong to the pantheon of legendary allrounders like Sobers, Imran and Botham

One can only wonder what might have been had he persisted with his bowling throughout his career

The insularity of his approach might not necessarily mark him out as the most likeable cricketer but it makes him an endlessly interesting one

Tamil Nadu and India U-19 player Baba Aparajith talks about the experience of winning the U-19 World Cup last year, making a double-hundred on his Duleep Trophy debut, and interacting with major international stars

In England in 1966, he glowed with the bat and toiled with the ball in a comprehensive win, but were his efforts better than Imran's against India in 1982-83?

Former Pakistan allrounder Azhar Mahmood talks about his brief Test career, touring the world as a T20 franchise cricketer, and passing on bowling tips to younger players

Botham's 1981 Ashes has been enshrined in legend, but was it the greatest all-round performance in a single series?

Miserable or magnificent - who knows which Mitchell Johnson will turn up on any given day?

In this Ashes series, Tim Bresnan was statistically unspectacular but impactful

Aditya Iyer of the Indian Express explores a worrying trend in Shahid Afridi's comebacks, where the Pakistan allrounder announces himself in style but later fizzles out

Six wickets on Chris Jordan's Sussex debut not only put the skids under Yorkshire it puts the spotlight on Surrey's decision to let him go