Shahid Afridi's quickish legbreaks bamboozled the Kenyan batsmen, and set up a simple seven-wicket win for a markedly superior Pakistan side

Shahid Afridi's quickish legbreaks bamboozled the Kenyan batsmen, and set up a simple seven-wicket win for a markedly superior Pakistan side

Shahid Afridi's quickish legbreaks bamboozled the Kenyan batsmen, and set up a simple seven-wicket win for a markedly superior Pakistan side

It was cold, windy and drizzling at Edgbaston, and there were few complaints when Pakistan's match with Kenya was called off for the day

Perhaps numbers never do reveal the full story, but they tell a large part of it

One blond Victorian legspinner was bad news enough

The compulsions that drive the hideous new world of Indian cricket broadcasting

Perhaps numbers never do reveal the full story, but they tell a large part of it

Perhaps numbers never do reveal the full story, but they tell a large part of it

In February 1988, Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli went berserk in the semi-finals of The Harris Shield Tournament, an inter-school competition, and prolonged he bowlers' misery for no reason but their own pleasure

Pakistan pulled all the stops and crushed India in the opening match of the Videocon Cup in Amstelveen

Sri Lanka mauled Bangladesh, reaching the target of 191 with 10 wickets and 16 overs to spare

Sri Lanka mauled Bangladesh, reaching the target of 191 with 10 wickets and 16 overs to spare

Sri Lanka mauled Bangladesh, reaching the target of 191 with 10 wickets and 16 overs to spare

Ever since Virender Sehwag became the new Tendulkar, the old Tendulkar's been given a right bollocking for not being his old self

Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly piloted India to a comfortable eight-wicket victory against Bangladesh

Bangladesh stumbled to 177 all out with Sachin Tendulkar and Irfan Pathan sharing the spoils

Bangladesh stumbled to 177 all out with Sachin Tendulkar and Irfan Pathan sharing the spoils

Hong Kong began brightly to restrict Bangladesh to 221, but were outclassed later when Bangladesh's bowlers turned up the heat

Hong Kong put Bangladesh in to bat in the opening match of the Asia Cup at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo