The England batter had the stellar ability to make games change course, and that made him worth more than his numbers

The appeal was one of the first actions of the new PCB administration, led by Najam Sethi, who replaced Ramiz Raja late last month

He is a master of his craft, among the sharpest bowlers around, and has the superpower of being able to swing the new ball both ways at will

If they had T20 in 1998 and not 2008, Jarrod Kimber wonders, what on earth could he have done?

Like every out-of-form batter, he's found interesting new ways to be dismissed, but given who he is, it's not a simple case of just dropping him from the XI

Nearly 91% of all his deliveries this season have been above 140kmph... and that's only half the story

The agony and ecstasy of this part is really what differentiates T20 from every other form of the game

They used to be all the rage in ODIs played in the 90s, but they don't always work in a data-driven T20 age

Trouble against the short ball? Twiddling Thumbs? Slow reflexes? There is no one pattern that explains his form

There's something so beautiful about this magical average being attached to someone as happy to be in Test cricket

The England opener has made important runs, but in between, he's looked bereft

"Not a team to set your watch by but almost always worth watching for glorious or abysmal cricket"

Why did England pick a man they have usually handled so delicately to bowl at a spinners graveyard?

Fast bowlers as Test leaders are a rarity, usually only called on in an emergency

At one stage in his career, the fast bowler played just three T20 matches in more than 2000 days

It seems that whatever malaise had slowed Warner down, he's over it

There have been a whole lot of factors at play that make the question difficult to answer

The allrounder has evolved into a consistent scorer of Test runs, a run-out specialist, and is possibly the second-best spinner in the format

Cricket's second favourite team has fought hard and come a long way to become world No.1

New Zealand quick has had extraordinary start to his career ... because he is extraordinary