Clarke's overseas challenge

Feb 22, 2013: The Australian captain's batting stats at home are outstanding, but the India series gives him an opportunity to boost his away numbers as well

No longer lesser teams

Feb 15, 2013: One of the features of the 2013 women's World Cup has been the challenge the other teams have posed the top three - Australia, England and New Zealand

Match-winner Steyn, and winless Windies

Feb 8, 2013: Dale Steyn's stats in Test wins are second to none; for West Indies, wins in Australia have completely dried up since 2000

When the going gets tough...

Feb 1, 2013: Graeme Smith's ability to maintain his own batting standards while leading the Test team for a decade has been one of his big achievements as captain

Sri Lanka's Test and ODI contrast

Jan 25, 2013: Outside the subcontinent Sri Lanka have struggled as a Test side, but their ODI results in the last seven years are the best among the subcontinent teams

Dhoni's success formula in ODIs

Jan 19, 2013: His tendency to hit the ball straight, and his ability to play the waiting game, have been the keys to his superb run as an ODI batsman in the last 20 months

Allrounder Hafeez on top of his game

Jan 11, 2013: Over the last couple of years, Mohammad Hafeez has won 13 Man-of-the-Match awards in international cricket - more than any other player

A new high for overseas spinners in India

Dec 21, 2012: England's spinners took 39 wickets in the four-Test series in India, which is more than what any overseas team had managed in the last 30 years

Left-arm spin's resurgence, and series runs in vain

Dec 7, 2012: After a disappointing phase, left-arm spin has returned to Test cricket with a vengeance

A winner as batsman and captain

Nov 30, 2012: Over an international career spanning 17 years, Ricky Ponting stamped his authority as one of Australia's greatest by scoring runs in almost all conditions and against all opposition

Do Indian bowlers struggle against left-handers?

Nov 23, 2012: There's a perception that left-hand batsmen score particularly heavily against India. Do the numbers bear it out?

Australia's search for opening glory

Nov 16, 2012: Their opening combination used to be the best in the business, but over the last couple of years they have flagged a bit

The spin challenge for England's batsmen

Nov 9, 2012: In the last 11 years, England's Test batting average against spin in Asia is among the poorest

The home-away contrast for Gambhir-Sehwag

Nov 2, 2012: While the Gavaskar-Chauhan pair had solid numbers overseas, Gambhir and Sehwag have been outstanding in the subcontinent but poor abroad

Trial by pace for Australia and South Africa

Oct 26, 2012: These two teams have the best fast-bowling stats in Tests recently. A look at their pace stats, and the numbers for their batsmen against pace

The invaluable Mr Watson

Oct 19, 2012: An analysis of how much Shane Watson has meant to Australia in all three forms of the game in the last four years

Ravi Rampaul's Jekyll-and-Hyde story

Oct 12, 2012: The West Indian fast bowler has been all aggression and fire with the new ball in T20s, but has leaked plenty of runs in the slog overs

Dhoni's batting problems in T20s

Oct 5, 2012: His strike rate is surprisingly low because he faces too many dot balls and doesn't hit enough boundaries

Who to pick at No. 7?

Sep 28, 2012: How many balls does he bat per match in Twenty20 internationals? In which team is the No. 7 batsman least needed?

The most and least productive overs in T20Is

Sep 21, 2012: An over-wise analysis of T20 internationals, and the best overs for batsmen and bowlers in this format