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Rangana Herath appeals for a wicket

Ask Steven

An even innings, and a rapid 25

Also: left-arm spinners' wickets tally, youngest to play his last Test, poorest five-fors, and centurion umpires

Andrew Symonds watches from the pavilion

Rewind to

'Scared dinkum' and dead-drunk Australians

A drunk allrounder and players scared witless by a ghost proved an unsettling start to Australia's 2005 Ashes campaign

Imran Farhat was dismissed for 56

Numbers Game

Batting trips up Pakistan again

The Champions Trophy debacle was just another example of how frail Pakistan's batting has been over the last few years

Composite: Martin Guptill and Conan O'Brien

Ask Steven

Guptill's record, and Tendulkar's ton at Lord's

Also, four fifties each in both innings, four captains in four Tests, and the postman

Wally Hammond drives

On This Day

An Olympian aloofness

June 19: Walter Hammond is born

Review

The cover image of <i>Pataudi: nawab of cricket</I>

Reviews

The many Pataudis

Twenty-two essays delve into the legacy of one of Indian cricket's most significant figures. By Soumya Bhattacharya

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There's not a lot of good that happens at 2.30 in the morning in a pub or a nightclub.
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James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive, isn't a fan of night-outs that end up in bust-ups, like David Warner's did

More Quote Unquote » "I've got butterflies the size of Quinton de Kock in my tummy"

Highlights

Gleanings

'Playing for Bangladesh is the best thing that happened to me'

Habibul Bashar on Bangladesh's first Test, their first wins, and the challenges of playing for a weak side. By Mohammad Isam

Interviews

'The biggest change is the belief that we can beat any team'

Despite the pressure of the job and the fixing scandal, Mushfiqur Rahim is satisfied with the team's consistency in the last six months

Features

Northern soul

All Out Cricket: At 22, Joe Root's place in English cricket's future already seems assured. But what makes him so special?

Opinion

Alan Isaac and Dave Richardson during the ICC meeting

Ian Chappell

Who disciplines the administrators?

Just like players, they need to be pulled up for errors in judgement

A fan gets his face painted a day ahead of the India-Pakistan match

Jarrod Kimber

A contest that brings cricket alive

The game can often seem dreary, predictable and endless. Not when India and Pakistan play each other

Man of the Series Rohit Sharma and Indian captain Suresh Raina with the trophies

Harsha Bhogle

Why India have had success in this Champions Trophy

The unexpected conditions in England have favoured India's adventurous batting

The Champions Trophy on display in Cardiff

Mark Nicholas

Life in the 50-overs dog yet

The calendar can, and ought to, have room for championships in all three of cricket's international formats