Steven Lynch

Editor of Wisden on the Ashes

Twenty for four, and ducks two ways

Also: most consecutive defeats, most innings without a duck, youngest Test players to die, and oldest ODI centurions

02-Jul-2013•Steven Lynch

The thrill of the book chase

It's easier to buy cricket books online but it's much less memorable than stumbling upon a rare one in a second-hand bookstore

30-Jun-2013•Steven Lynch

Lowest totals, and odd defeats

Also: lowest Test total without a duck, most wickets in Australia by a visiting bowler, centuries in 100th matches, and the biggest lead without enforcing a follow-on

25-Jun-2013•Steven Lynch

How much would you bid for them?

A fantasy T20 team of players who would have been stars of the format if they had played it

24-Jun-2013•Steven Lynch

An even innings, and a rapid 25

Also: the top left-arm spinners, the youngest to play his last Test, poorest five-fors, and centurion umpires

18-Jun-2013•Steven Lynch

Guptill's record, and Tendulkar's ton at Lord's

Also: four fifties each in both innings, four captains in four Tests, the postman, and playing for two countries

11-Jun-2013•Steven Lynch

Vote for me and I'll bat for you

With Pakistan's new prime minister Nawaz Sharif being a former first-class cricketer and Imran Khan in the opposition, it's time for another look at cricketers with a passing interest in politics and politicians who were fans of the game

10-Jun-2013•Steven Lynch

Stollmeyer's stories

West Indies' tour of India in 1948-49 may have produced four draws, but it also resulted in an interesting chronicle of cricket in that age

08-Jun-2013•Steven Lynch

Ronchi's rare double, and agreeing on a result

Also: most wickets without a ten-for, the biblical remark made to Plum Warner, youngest to 300 Test wickets, and a record of zero Tests in the family

04-Jun-2013•Steven Lynch

The longest spell, and ten wickets and losing

Also: unchanged XIs, most wickets as captain, father and son's same stats, longest Test careers, and more Olympic gold stadiums

28-May-2013•Steven Lynch

A Lord's credit roll

Men and women who lent character to cricket's HQ

27-May-2013•Steven Lynch

Monty's haul, and keeper-captains

Also: most Tests at Lord's, the Don's drop, Olympic gold stadium, and Mandela the cricketer

21-May-2013•Steven Lynch

An un-watchful nightwatchman, and big losers

Also: best figures and a pair, most no-balls in a Test, keeper's catches, and when WG graced Trent Bridge

14-May-2013•Steven Lynch

Name-dropped by Wisden

People who have made unexpected appearances in the cricket bible

13-May-2013•Steven Lynch

Two successive triples, and a losing double

Also: 40-year-old Indian Test players, Victor Eberle's costly drop, dismissed by the same bowler, and twice dismissed in a hat-trick

07-May-2013•Steven Lynch

Watching Warnie

Looking on as the world's greatest legspinner strutted his stuff was quite the education for a lesser-accomplished member of the breed

02-May-2013•Steven Lynch

Grandfathers, bunnies, and old-timers

Also: cheapest four-fors, Queenstown captains, and Zimbabwe's Test wins

30-Apr-2013•Steven Lynch

Who'd have thunk it?

Some Test series that didn't end up quite as they were expected to

29-Apr-2013•Steven Lynch

The quickest thousands, and the fastest collapses

Also: Zimbabweans with two hundreds in a Test, longest wait between Test and one-day debuts, most wickets in the IPL, and Bradman's stats

23-Apr-2013•Steven Lynch

Most T20 hundreds, and most runs in a session

Also: most catches in a calendar year, longest wait for maiden Test wicket, most runs without being dismissed, and more on the worst bowling averages

16-Apr-2013•Steven Lynch

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