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That's not in the manual

Sep 24, 2012: Not all cricketers are super-stylish. Sometimes they defy the coaching book, but get the job done

Steven Lynch

Look, ma

Sep 17, 2012: Famous cricketing mothers (and others who ought to be)

Steven Lynch

Going out with a bang

Sep 10, 2012: Players who ended their international careers in style

Steven Lynch

Symmetrical stats

Sep 3, 2012: Cricket's statistics aren't all 99.94s. Sometimes the numbers are satisfyingly round

Steven Lynch

Born together, played together

Aug 27, 2012: Cricketing twins, some who confused the opposition, others who faced off against each other

Steven Lynch

Injured by a small boy, and other tales

Aug 20, 2012: Kevin Pietersen was dropped from the Lord's Test for textual impropriety. Here are some other instances of players who missed matches for unlikely reasons

Steven Lynch

Partners in prose

Aug 13, 2012: Some names that go well together on a scorecard, conjuring up visions of food, music or even spy movies

Steven Lynch

One bright spark

Aug 6, 2012: Players who had a solitary day in the sun in otherwise unremarkable careers

Steven Lynch

We'll be back after this break

Jul 30, 2012: Successful Test returns from injuries, bans, exiles, and offending royal sensibilities

Steven Lynch

You talkin' to me?

Jul 23, 2012: Not-so-famous cricketers who share names with better known colleagues

Steven Lynch

Gentlemen, let's pray

Jul 16, 2012: Tatenda Taibu recently quit cricket to join the church. Here are other cricketers who were also men of the cloth

Steven Lynch

Happy birthday to me

Jul 9, 2012: Cricketers who earned presents for themselves on their birthdays

Steven Lynch

In service of tennis

Jul 2, 2012: Cricketers (or their kin) who played at Wimbledon. And a tennis star who likes cricket

Steven Lynch

Un, dos, tres

Jun 25, 2012: The more unusual Test hat-tricks taken include one in the first over, the only one at Lord's, and twice in the same match

Steven Lynch

Don't call me a bunny

Jun 18, 2012: After Tino Best's near-miss at Edgbaston, a look at those who scored centuries from No. 11 in first-class cricket

Steven Lynch

Sorry for the inconvenience

Jun 11, 2012: Some of the stranger reasons for stoppages of play, including animal invaders, bomb threats and gravy

Steven Lynch

Wait for me

Jun 4, 2012: Sunil Narine became a late addition to the West Indies touring party in England last week. We look at some other last-minute arrivals

Steven Lynch

Which end of the bat do I hold?

May 28, 2012: Batsmen who went through spells of wretched form

Steven Lynch

Strange appearances

May 21, 2012: Players whose first-class or international careers weren't quite run of the mill

Steven Lynch

Made in India

May 14, 2012: England Test players who were born 4000 miles away

Steven Lynch
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Ed Hawkins: It's convenient to blame the underworld for every instance of fixing, but it's ordinary punters behind many of them

    The perils of scoffing at failure

Rob Steen: Excessive success can destroy inhibition, and hence the capacity for shame

New Zealand shaken and stirred

Andrew Alderson: The second-innings collapse at Lord's has revived concerns about New Zealand's top order

    'The most complete fast bowler I've seen'

Allan Donald on one of the bowlers he found intimidating: the relentless Wasim Akram

The divine madness of Kevin Pietersen

Jon Hotten: Players like him, when absent, stir a yearning in the spectator that has nothing to do with team loyalty

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A talent that didn't know its own worth

Sreesanth wasn't the most likeable team-mate or opponent, but he had skill beyond doubt, which we might have seen the last of

Him against the world

Even at the height of his success with the national side, Sreesanth was a lonely cricketer who felt hard done by

Pollard sledges Watson, Dravid is angry

Plays of the day from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai

A time for anger, a time for action

Out of the shattered lives of three young men caught up in allegations of fraud, newer and stronger players must emerge

Another season in the bottom half

With some of their big names stumbling this season, Kings XI Punjab were rarely serious contenders for a playoff place

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