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Andy Zaltzman

Andy Zaltzman

Stand-up comedian; writer

The Confectionery Stall Top Four Stats of 2015

The Confectionery Stall Top Four Stats of 2015

Or: Four Stats I Have Dug Up and Polished Before Deciding it Was Bedtime and They Would Have to Do For the Stats of the Year

19-Dec-2015•Andy Zaltzman
A series to talk to your shrink about

A series to talk to your shrink about

The numbers in Nagpur, and South Africa's overall performance in this tour of India, will do your head in

04-Dec-2015•Andy Zaltzman
The self-destroying batting position

The self-destroying batting position

Sobers excelled, Botham struggled in a slot that nobody wants for too long

02-Dec-2015•Andy Zaltzman
All hail the Johnson of 2013-14

All hail the Johnson of 2013-14

And do you know what's the season with most Test 250s?

18-Nov-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Were New Zealand bad at the Gabba?

Were New Zealand bad at the Gabba?

You wouldn't know from these stats. Also: an unsuccessful Pakistan XI younger than Misbah

10-Nov-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Third man

Third man

Test batting's most intriguing position has served as a home to all manner of batsmen, including the greatest of them all

02-Nov-2015•Andy Zaltzman
A failure to pluck victory from the duodenum of a draw

A failure to pluck victory from the duodenum of a draw

How England showed immense mental and physical fortitude in Abu Dhabi, first in not losing, then in coming within a few minutes and boundaries of winning

19-Oct-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Test cricket's most useless batting position

Test cricket's most useless batting position

Until Tino Best and other No. 11s decided that enough was enough

02-Oct-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Six things in cricket that can help change the world

Six things in cricket that can help change the world

Resolve these annoying problems and welcome World Peace

23-Sep-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Let us now bow to R Ashwin

Let us now bow to R Ashwin

Guess who is the world's second-best opening bowler in Tests this decade

02-Sep-2015•Andy Zaltzman
The magnificent seven

The magnificent seven

No. 7 used to be reserved for batsmen and allrounders. Then along came the wicketkeepers

02-Sep-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Let's talk about Canterbury

Let's talk about Canterbury

Why those who say the somnolent pace of (some of) the recent Test proves women's cricket is not worth watching are wrong

18-Aug-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Five reasons why England and/or Australia will win the Ashes

Five reasons why England and/or Australia will win the Ashes

Going into the fourth Test, it's pretty clear where the urn's headed

05-Aug-2015•Andy Zaltzman
The power of two. (Or not)

The power of two. (Or not)

Why does the position seemingly inspire a relative lack of performance in many - and the opposite in a few?

03-Aug-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Hurt after Lord's? Don't despair

Hurt after Lord's? Don't despair

There's plenty of hope for England, because old scorecards never lie

21-Jul-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Twenty-nine players who could be crucial this Ashes

Twenty-nine players who could be crucial this Ashes

A handy, brief shortlist of the cricketers who might conceivably have an impact on the series

08-Jul-2015•Andy Zaltzman
No. 9 dream

No. 9 dream

Why batting at No. 9 offers some of the greatest potential for heroism

02-Jul-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Don't go, New Zealand

Don't go, New Zealand

Come back and play a one-off Test-ODI-T20 simultaneous hybrid megamatch

26-Jun-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Let us now praise boys on burning decks

Let us now praise boys on burning decks

Plus: spry old debutants, and a Headingley duds XI

09-Jun-2015•Andy Zaltzman
Take five

Take five

A new series on the great batting positions of Test cricket, beginning with the midriff of the XI

03-Jun-2015•Andy Zaltzman
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