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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Despite the evidence of history, we continue to pin our hopes on teams chasing 300-plus in the fourth innings in Tests http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1170463.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1170463.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Is it a trend, an anomaly, the influence of T20 batting, or to do with more even pitches and better bowlers? http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1167850.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1167850.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ten years ago it was anathema, but now the ECB is effectively paying its players to take part http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1142806.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1142806.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Southee, Boult and Wagner pose a challenge that is nearly the equal of the Australian attack http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1140458.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1140458.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The first few overs are vital, and wickets there priceless, but teams haven't quite figured out which bowlers to use in the period http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1140134.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1140134.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If the team batting second has reached a winning target at the time of a stoppage, why wait for the quota of overs to be completed before looking at the revised targets? http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1130137.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1130137.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It may seem contrary to popular opinion, but the numbers say so http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1121158.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1121158.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The presence of established IPL franchises and other international businesses in South Africa's new T20 league shows what the future of the format could look like http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1105817.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1105817.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A World Cup is a celebration of how far the women's game has come, yet it should not be forgotten that many advancements were a long time coming http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1105311.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1105311.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An especially troublesome breed of medium-pace bowlers in ODIs in the 1990s has largely become irrelevant today http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1103208.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1103208.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A team known for its reliance on spin now chooses to pick three fast bowlers more often than not. How did that come to be? http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1103336.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1103336.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Data is going to play a huge role in the game - and by extension, in international cricket http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1099221.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1099221.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Before they can talk details, Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association must end an increasingly toxic cycle and find a way to be able to talk at all http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1098043.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1098043.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A few predictions on how technology and innovative thinking will radically change the game over the coming decade http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1096294.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1096294.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The FATA team has come far in its short time on the domestic scene, and they've done it playing a brand of cricket Pakistan seems to have forgotten about http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1095922.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1095922.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT To start with, stop thinking of players as batsmen, bowlers and allrounders; it's far more nuanced than that http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1094594.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1094594.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Thilanga Sumathipala's board has done as much for Sri Lanka's cricket as any other, but the chairman's desperation for the limelight does them no favours http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1093086.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1093086.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT We often hear fans cry out for them as batsmen rack up the runs in T20, but there are reasons for why they aren't as effective as they once were http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1092113.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1092113.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The baseball pitch that could free cricket's bowlers from the shackles that tie them down http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1087038.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1087038.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This year's PSL drew attention to an imbalance in the numbers of maximums hit by local players and overseas ones http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1085681.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1085681.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT