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The obstructing jinx, and the best first-class farewells
Sep 27, 2016: Also: players who have taken part in the most Test wins, and the highest scores by openers carrying their bat
A century of matches at one venue, and Viv's only stumping
Sep 20, 2016: Also: how many Australians have made one-day hundreds in Sri Lanka?
Obstructing the field, and serial hat-trick victims
Sep 13, 2016: Also: the highest unbeaten individual aggregate in a five-match series, and a mystery Sobers duck
The fastest five-fors, and the most caught-and-bowleds
Sep 6, 2016: Also: the most expensive figures without a wicket, and the most sixes in an innings
Catch-less Amir, and the Florida biggie
Aug 30, 2016: Also: playing for three countries, winning from 26 for 5, and players born in the Middle East
Starc's 100, and Alzarri's spectacles
Aug 22, 2016: Also: most runs scored in a Test, South Africa's summer in August
A phoney Olympic medallist, and Shafiq's pair and a ton
Aug 16, 2016: Also: run out twice in a Test, and a fifty and ten wickets in the same Test
Blockathons, and wobbly openers
Aug 9, 2016: Also, the most wickets after 15 Tests, and overcoming 100-plus deficits to win a Test by more than 100 runs
All ten caught, and Ashwin's all-round record
Aug 2, 2016: Also, declining the follow-on, most away hundreds, and stumped twice in a Test
Four double-tons in a day, and a Eddie Redmayne lookalike
Jul 26, 2016: Also: the fastest Indian to 50 wickets, and Yasir Shah's unwanted "double-hundred"
Yasir's 13 going on 100, and 42-year-old centurions
Jul 19, 2016: Also, losing ten-fors, and back to back Tests at Lord's
India v Pakistan in England, and XI doubles
Jul 12, 2016: Also, unusual dismissals, fastest to 1000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs
Roy's big score, and Plunkett's slow crawl
Jul 5, 2016: Also, best figures on debut, and keeping records in three-Test series
Fourth-innings rearguards, and all-round heroics on ODI debut
Jun 28, 2016: Also: the highest by a No. 8 in ODIs, and the highest totals in ten-wicket wins
A tale of two Pakistan-born legspinners
Jun 21, 2016: The contrasting careers of Imran Tahir and Mansoor Amjad, and the fewest wickets lost in an ODI series
German-born Test players, and Bairstow's near misses
Jun 14, 2016: Also, KL Rahul's ODI debut feat, and Dhoni's T20 streak
A century gained, a century lost
Jun 7, 2016: Also, fastest to 25 ODI hundreds, run out for a duck on Test debut, and lowest totals not featuring ducks
The nervous 9990s, and most wickets before conceding a run
May 31, 2016: Plus: the first to 50, 100 and 150 Tests, and the lowest Test total featuring four bowling centurions
The cheapest ten-fors, and the longest gap between Tests
May 24, 2016: Also: the most matches in each format without experiencing a win. And is there a player with the initials LBW?
Debutants born on the same day, and the best T20 figures
May 17, 2016: Also: England's highest scorer across formats, and five-fors against all 18 counties
New MCC president eyes younger fans
Matthew Fleming looks to bring his adventurous playing style to his administrative role at the historic club, which is seeking to remain relevant in the 21st century
Spinners stir after change to toss rules
Changes to the toss in England's county game were intended to encourage spin back into Championship cricket. But have they been successful?
A forklift driver with a Test cap
Fast bowler Indika Gallage went wicketless in his only Test for Sri Lanka, in 1999, but he remains active as a club cricketer in Melbourne
The world's youngest international umpire, from a cricket family of some renown in Barbados, is looking to make his mark on the Elite Panel
Jon Hotten: At Lord's we saw three in-between scores of the sort that are as likely to annoy the selectors as excite them
India's unbeaten streak and Santner's double
Stats highlights from the first Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur
Ravindra Jadeja, maker of differences
A 41-run stand for the last wicket, and three tail-end wickets in one over. That is the very definition of "crucial" in a low-scoring contest
The debate about Pujara's strike-rate
Cheteshwar Pujara's strike rate has been a worry over the last 30 months, but much of it is to do with his inability to score against pace when playing overseas
New DRS rule for lbws is great news for bowlers
The new DRS protocol for reviewing not-out lbw decisions came into effect on September 22. Life is going to get harder for batsmen, and here's why
An all-time India Test XI chosen by our readers
A modern look to India's all-time XI selected on the occasion of the country's 500th Test
Vote for your all-time India Test XI (199)
In September 2010, as part of ESPNcricinfo's All-time XI series, a jury had selected an All-time India Test XI. Six years later, would you make some changes?
The debate about Pujara's strike-rate (81)
Cheteshwar Pujara's strike rate has been a worry over the last 30 months, but much of it is to do with his inability to score against pace when playing overseas
An all-time India Test XI chosen by our readers (55)
A modern look to India's all-time XI selected on the occasion of the country's 500th Test
Ravindra Jadeja, maker of differences (48)
A 41-run stand for the last wicket, and three tail-end wickets in one over. That is the very definition of "crucial" in a low-scoring contest
How do New Zealand play the straighter one? (37)
New Zealand have done many things right while facing R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, but they are yet to find an answer to the two spinners' biggest weapon: the one that looks like it will turn, but does not turn
