Regulars

Chris Gayle and Ahmed Shehzad finished the game with an unbeaten stand of 167

Numbers Game

The best batsman in Twenty20 cricket

Chris Gayle has scored 2591 runs in this format in the last 17 months, at an average of 57 and a strike rate of 170. No other batsman comes close

Alastair Cook raises his bat during his innings of 133

The List

Headingley's 82-year-old best

Venues with the longest-standing records for best score and best bowling

Shannon Gabriel showed promise on his Test debut

Ask Steven

England's families, and Gabriel's start

Also: double and a ton in the same innings, Tendulkar's predecessor, T20 hat-tricks, and county hoppers

Mike Smith batting in 1964

ESPNcricinfo XI

Strange appearances

Players whose first-class or international careers weren't quite run of the mill

Glenn Turner, the former New Zealand captain

On This Day

The hard-nosed Kiwi

May 26: The birth of Glenn Turner and the Ganguly-Dravid show in Taunton

Review

Greg Chappell

Reviews

Chappell the Indian

The former India coach's flaw was not that he was too Australian, as his book Fierce Focus reveals. By Suresh Menon

Highlights

Profiles

The mysterious Mr Narine

Bought as a rookie for an eye-popping fee, Sunil Narine and his knuckle ball have delivered in the IPL. Next up? Watch out, Test cricket. By Nagraj Gollapudi

Gleanings

'Wake me when it's time to bowl'

Stuart MacGill may be 41, but he's still fascinated by his craft and knows he can still get the job done. As long as he doesn't actually have to watch too much cricket. Interview by Faraz Sarwat

Interviews

Watson's swings and roundabouts

When Shane Watson returned from injury, it was to a changed side and a modified role. He talks to Daniel Brettig about his time outside, and the captaincy

Opinion

Parvinder Awana dismissed MS Dhoni for 6

Harsha Bhogle

Six Indian IPL players to watch out for

Four young batsmen and two medium-pacers should be on the selectors' radar

Kevin Pietersen brings out his flamboyant switch-hit

Ian Chappell

Why aren't more bowlers complaining about the switch hit?

The stroke is patently unfair and widens the imbalance between bat and ball

Ravindra Jadeja celebrates his five-for

Harsha Bhogle

Why do IPL franchises get away free?

There are two sides to the corruption coin and only one is being addressed at present

Jonathan Bairstow celebrates his century on the fourth day at Scarborough

Mark Nicholas

A tale of two Yorkshiremen

Jonny Bairstow and Ajmal Shahzad: two players at crucial stages in their careers