Steven Lynch

Editor of Wisden on the Ashes

That can't be legal

Cricketers who have - by accident or design - led to changes in the Laws

15-Apr-2013•Steven Lynch

Fulton's two, and Gavaskar's pile

Also: most balls taken to score a run, first Test on a Sunday, innings with no double figures, and the worst bowling averages

09-Apr-2013•Steven Lynch

Barber's brilliant batting

Nearly forty years before Sehwag almost blazed to a double-century in a day, an English batsman set the template

04-Apr-2013•Steven Lynch

The mystery of the missing batsman

Also: lowest total in an innings win, most first-class runs in a season, whitewashing Australia, and the first umpire to stand in all ten countries

02-Apr-2013•Steven Lynch

You shall not pass

England's great escape in Auckland was the 21st time a Test ended with a team nine wickets down in the fourth innings. Here are 11 such cliffhangers

01-Apr-2013•Steven Lynch

Debut stands, Patto's improvement

Also: old Indian debutants, fastest to 100 ODI wickets, most runs against Australia, and a quiz question

26-Mar-2013•Steven Lynch

Eight tons, and Compton centuries

Also: Ceylonese players, starting with sixes, highest partnerships in a Test, and the longest streaks of not-outs

19-Mar-2013•Steven Lynch

You're fired

Australia recently dropped four players for failing to fill in a report. Here are more strange reasons for missing a Test or leaving a tour

18-Mar-2013•Steven Lynch

Runs in the family

Hamish Rutherford's memorable debut takes the mind back to his father's, and those from other cricketing dynasties in New Zealand

16-Mar-2013•Steven Lynch

Watch out! The Kiwis are coming

Steven Lynch says that New Zealand are rapidly becoming a force in Test cricket

13-Mar-2013•Steven Lynch

Clarke's closure, and Amarnath's strange double

Also: most wickets after 14 Tests, fastest to 1000 runs, biggest innings lead in defeat, and Lock and Laker's records

12-Mar-2013•Steven Lynch

Seven men bowled, and Yousuf's purple patch

Also: most economical figures in ODIs and T20s, stumped in the first over of a Test, 100 wickets at a venue, and longest wait to complete a hat-trick

05-Mar-2013•Steven Lynch

Would you like a hyphen with that?

Nathan Coulter-Nile is the 12th double-barrelled international for a Test-playing country. Here are the ones who preceded him

04-Mar-2013•Steven Lynch

Where's the love for Davo?

A certain Australian allrounder seems to get unfairly overlooked when talk turns to the greatest of that breed

01-Mar-2013•Steven Lynch

Abbott's start, and Dhoni's blitz

Also: most innings between centuries, ten-fors in defeats, shortest international innings, and starting with a stumping

26-Feb-2013•Steven Lynch

Most sixes, and 500 one-day wins

Also: twin hundreds by Indians against the Aussies, youngest to 7000 runs, top-scoring extras, and outscoring the opposition's total

19-Feb-2013•Steven Lynch

Flowers, Cake and Love

Cricketers with romantic names

18-Feb-2013•Steven Lynch

Bowler-captains, and bowling records

Also: near quadruples, most top-order dismissals, hundreds in each innings, and an allrounder nicknamed Popeye

12-Feb-2013•Steven Lynch

The youngest veteran in town

What does it take to be counted as an old-timer these days? Not much, it would seem

07-Feb-2013•Steven Lynch

Captains with glasses, and batsmen with tons

Also: most ducks in an ODI series, opening double-ton stands in the same match, most wickets in a calendar year, and most centuries in the County Championship

05-Feb-2013•Steven Lynch

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