Steven Lynch

Steven Lynch

Editor of Wisden on the Ashes

Tales from the top of the table

Tales from the top of the table

The stories behind the highest individual scores in Tests

23-Apr-2012•Steven Lynch

Winning without taking a wicket, and Ponting's record

Winning without taking a wicket, and Ponting's record

Also: five hundreds in an innings, captains' fourth-innings tons, all ten bowled, and most overs bowled in an innings

17-Apr-2012•Steven Lynch

Wisdom about Wisden

Wisdom about Wisden

Trivia about the Almanack you may not have heard before, including factoids about Britain's canals

16-Apr-2012•Steven Lynch

Guptill's feat and his feet

Guptill's feat and his feet

Also: career captains, most Test runs without a duck, most runs in a successful chase, and most runs in away matches

10-Apr-2012•Steven Lynch

Philander, and an opening paradox

Philander, and an opening paradox

Also: three six-fors in one Test, most runs in a Test by a keeper, Greenidge's autobiography, and players who died young

03-Apr-2012•Steven Lynch

What a way to go

What a way to go

Players who were dismissed because they thought they were, because they wanted to be, because they didn't turn up at the ground, and for other unusual reasons

02-Apr-2012•Steven Lynch

Afridi's strike rate, and Amir's ban

Afridi's strike rate, and Amir's ban

Also: grounds with one Test hundred, cricket at a curling club, Tendulkar's hundreds in defeats, and Test players born in the USA

27-Mar-2012•Steven Lynch

One for Pakistan

One for Pakistan

Thirty-nine players have played just one Test each for Pakistan. Here's a selection of them

26-Mar-2012•Steven Lynch

Five for none, and Sachin's 100th

Five for none, and Sachin's 100th

Also: highest percentage of runs in ODIs, most stumpings by a bowler, oldest Ranji Trophy player, and very international debuts

20-Mar-2012•Steven Lynch

Good reader of the game

Good reader of the game

Eleven recommended cricket books

19-Mar-2012•Steven Lynch

Warner's hundreds, and the Italian job

Warner's hundreds, and the Italian job

Also: the Gabba's top scorers, the Don v the rest, longest wait for an ODI hundred, and single-game venues

13-Mar-2012•Steven Lynch

Indian singles

Indian singles

Players who turned out for India in only one Test

12-Mar-2012•Steven Lynch

Watson's sixes, and Dilshan's disappointments

Watson's sixes, and Dilshan's disappointments

Most balls faced in an innings, players named after towns, 99 and measles, and Bradman's triples

06-Mar-2012•Steven Lynch

Double impact

Double impact

Virender Sehwag's 219 took the number of double-centuries in men's List A cricket to a neat 11. Here they are in detail

05-Mar-2012•Steven Lynch

Gambhir's near-misses, and Levi's sixes

Gambhir's near-misses, and Levi's sixes

Players who lost most Tests, captains with most ODIs, players born on the Isle of Wight, and a septuagenarian first-class debutant

28-Feb-2012•Steven Lynch

Just this once

Just this once

Players from West Indies who played only a Test each, for various reasons, including the outbreak of war

27-Feb-2012•Steven Lynch

Hussey's spooky double, and streaks by the Don and Dhoni

Hussey's spooky double, and streaks by the Don and Dhoni

Also, highest T20 chases, fastest to 3000 ODI runs, and most one-day hundreds without sixes

21-Feb-2012•Steven Lynch

Your name sounds familiar

Your name sounds familiar

People (including a dictator) who have lent their names to cricket

20-Feb-2012•Steven Lynch

Lots of lbws, and Marsh's misery

Lots of lbws, and Marsh's misery

Also, winning after being dismissed for under 100, youngest to 6000 runs, and players named Valentine

14-Feb-2012•Steven Lynch

Wish I had been there

Wish I had been there

Legendary matches that would have been worth watching live

13-Feb-2012•Steven Lynch

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