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Andy Zaltzman

Andy Zaltzman

Stand-up comedian; writer

Australia have fluffed their chance at immortality

Australia have fluffed their chance at immortality

Also: why Test cricket is like The Wire

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Players with pairs lasting two or three balls XI

Players with pairs lasting two or three balls XI

Ashwin's hundred reminded Andy Zaltzman of Agarkar's, which in turn reminded him of things that go quack-quack

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 134

Multistat: 134

This is a great time to be alive

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
A Pythonesque Test

A Pythonesque Test

The Jo'burg Test was crazy twisted, but how to fill up those empty Test stadiums?

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 26

Multistat: 26

The West Indies’ collective Test batting average against spin since Brian Lara’s retirement from international cricket in April 2007 – comfortably the worst such figure by any team other than Bangladesh.

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
A quiz on the capers in Cape Town

A quiz on the capers in Cape Town

Need some perspective after a jaw-unhinging day at Newlands?

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 53.5

Multistat: 53.5

Greetings, Confectionery Stallers

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Match-fixing: where it all began

Match-fixing: where it all began

In which the clock is turned back to 1844 and a most suspicious game

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 78.1

Multistat: 78.1

MS Dhoni's average in 96 innings in ODIs that India have won - the highest average by anyone who has batted more than 10 times in victorious ODI matches

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Six questions arising from the India-England series

Six questions arising from the India-England series

A whitewash followed by its reverse can perplex the sharpest among us

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 440

Multistat: 440

Number of balls faced by Geoffrey Boycott in in Perth in 1978-79

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
The Losers XI Part 2

The Losers XI Part 2

A bowling attack that could be cast in a Greek tragedy, a Korean action thriller and a Bollywood masala, all at once

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 1033

Multistat: 1033

Test runs scored by Mike Hussey in eight Tests since he began the 2010-11 Ashes, sharing a hotel room with a noisy gaggle of question marks over his place in the Baggy Green team

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
An XI of total losers

An XI of total losers

Revealed: the shockingly Tendulkar-free top six in the canonical Confectionery Stall Great Series Performances in Defeated Teams XI

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 195

Multistat: 195

Johnny Bairstow's ODI career strike rate after one match

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
England's wins cause ailments to their middle-aged fans

England's wins cause ailments to their middle-aged fans

Welcome back, Confectionery Stallers, just in time for the official Confectionery Stall preview of the end of the 2011 Indian tour of England

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 9

Multistat: 9

The number of century partnerships England's sixth to tenth wickets have been involved in during 2011 - an all-time record for any Test team in a single year

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
England's secret weapon

England's secret weapon

They have a voodoo practitioner among their backroom staff

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 3

Multistat: 3

The number of Test double-hundreds scored by Kevin Pietersen - putting him third on the all-time England list , behind the useful pairing of Wally Hammond (7) and Len Hutton (4).

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
Multistat: 58.2

Multistat: 58.2

The average of spin bowlers in opening innings of Lord's Tests since 1975, as generously contributed to by Harbhajan Singh's 0 for 152

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman
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