Steven Lynch

Editor of Wisden on the Ashes

Surrendering big leads, and ten-fors in vain

Plus: consecutive six-fors by England bowlers, and the biggest run scorers in Australia

18-Aug-2015•Steven Lynch

Broad's eight, and Bell's ones

Also: bowling and batting before lunch, four lefty openers, and Pakistan-born Ashes players

11-Aug-2015•Steven Lynch

Win some, lose some, and a duck tango

Also: fastest to 400 wickets, most wickets by a double-centurion in a Test, and Aaqib and Shoaib's parallel careers

04-Aug-2015•Steven Lynch

Highest stands without a triple, and the best visitors at Lord's

Also: the most runs and wickets after 30 Tests, and when England's batting and bowling record-holders played together

28-Jul-2015•Steven Lynch

Three-act plays

Players who have achieved unusual hat-tricks

23-Jul-2015•Steven Lynch

The longest wait to take guard, and the youngest teams

Also: players with the lengthiest runs without facing defeat, and a host of Ashes trivia

21-Jul-2015•Steven Lynch

Déjà vu ducks, and staying on field all Test long

Also: highest scores by captains and keepers in the Ashes, and making the most runs in the fourth innings

14-Jul-2015•Steven Lynch

Centuries all down the middle, and the first Test cricketer to be born

Also: most years between matches for Sri Lanka, and the overseas captain who led in the most Tests in England

07-Jul-2015•Steven Lynch

Highest totals without a century, and dream ODI debuts

Also: the most team changes made by a country in successive one-day internationals, and highest individual Test scores in the second innings

30-Jun-2015•Steven Lynch

Longest-serving players, and shortest Test-match days

Plus: oldest debut centurions, youngest to 9000 Test runs, and the highest completed innings without extras

23-Jun-2015•Steven Lynch

Pair and a five-for in the same Test, and shaky openers

Also: more stats from the West Indies-Australia Kingston Test, and a unique ODI century record at Edgbaston

16-Jun-2015•Steven Lynch

Small yet significant contributions in wins, and costly five-fors

Also: the slowest to 1000 Test runs, and other trivia from the 2015 Headingley Test

09-Jun-2015•Steven Lynch

How New Zealand made me neglect my French exam

At Trent Bridge in 1973, a team of "pushovers" were set 479 and they went for it. Not the right time to be studying for an O-level

07-Jun-2015•Steven Lynch

Keepers with twin fifties, batsmen with twin nineties

Also: the most extras, the longest waits for hundreds, and the fastest Test centuries

02-Jun-2015•Steven Lynch

Most consecutive Tests, and vowel-less surnames

Plus: the shortest turnaround times between Test series, and the nervous and not-so-nervous 90s

26-May-2015•Steven Lynch

Most runs on day one, and the Gavaskar-Hannan Sarkar connection

Also: making 600 and not winning, and lopsided contributions in a team's innings

19-May-2015•Steven Lynch

Highest left-handed stands, and West Indies' fourth-innings woes

Also: Faoud Bacchus' unique Test record, and what Mahmudullah and John Reid have in common

12-May-2015•Steven Lynch

The forgotten England captain

Nigel Howard was a surprise choice to lead an under-strength England overseas in 1951-52. His Test career started and ended with that ordinary tour to India

11-May-2015•Steven Lynch

No. 9 debut centurions, and lots of new blood

Also: players dismissed on the same score in both innings, oldest T20 players, and longest unbroken bowling spells

05-May-2015•Steven Lynch

Birthday hundreds, and the fastest to 2000 Test runs

Also, the best averages with hundred-plus Test wickets, and back-to-back ODI centuries by Bangladesh batsmen

28-Apr-2015•Steven Lynch

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