Steven Lynch

Steven Lynch

Editor of Wisden on the Ashes

New records, and ignoring The Don

New records, and ignoring The Don

Openers going out with two fat ladies, a poll with shocking results, and other such fun trivia

29-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

We don't do encores

We don't do encores

Players who stole the show on their Test debuts but couldn't live up to the early promise

28-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

Nervous nineties, and family fifties

Nervous nineties, and family fifties

Also: total number of male internationals, Tests and T20s but no ODIs, and when all 11 had a bowl

22-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

One and done

One and done

Players who only got to play a Test apiece for Australia

21-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

All about Cape Town

All about Cape Town

The Test at Newlands has launched a thousand questions (or so it seems)

15-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

Five five-fors, and fake deaths

Five five-fors, and fake deaths

Round 100s and awards on debut, most doubles, and the original one-cap wonder

08-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

The one and only

The one and only

England players who managed to win just a single Test cap (and one who got two)

07-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

Dhoni's not-outs, and twin tons in vain

Dhoni's not-outs, and twin tons in vain

Highest identical scores in each innings, T20s and nothing else, most sixes in Tests, and hat-tricks of bowleds

01-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

Behind a famous cricketer...

Behind a famous cricketer...

... is sometimes his equally famous wife

31-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

The day everyone was playing

The day everyone was playing

Most players fielded in a year, bowlers' most agonising days, most runs in boundaries in a T20, and more

25-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

We did overcome

We did overcome

Cricketers who got over physical or social obstacles to make a mark in the game

24-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

When Freddie was dropped by a Flintoff

When Freddie was dropped by a Flintoff

Opening and closing with fivers, most first-class tons without one in Tests, a duck like the Don's, and more

18-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

To baldly go...

To baldly go...

Players who have been follically challenged at the top

17-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

Hobbs' hundreds, and Tendulkar's twelves

Hobbs' hundreds, and Tendulkar's twelves

The last runner, the "Blocker", triples against South Africa, and the 249 myth

11-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

Colour me purple

Colour me purple

When cricketers (other than Bradman) briefly tried on the cloak of invincibility

10-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

Low winning T20 totals, and the most defeats

Low winning T20 totals, and the most defeats

Highest totals without centuries, most runs in the final 10 innings, big names who weren't Wisden cricketers, and more

04-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

My kingdom for a bat

My kingdom for a bat

Kings, nawabs and other royals who played cricket

03-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

Expensive bowlers, and inexpensive batsmen

Expensive bowlers, and inexpensive batsmen

Australian centuries on debut, left-hand stands, fastest to 1000 one-day runs, and when Ponting didn't bat at No. 3

27-Sep-2011•Steven Lynch

Family tons, and Australia's West Indian

Family tons, and Australia's West Indian

Ten-wicket double-hundreds, winning after conceding big, Bradman's centuries, and Lawry's leg-befores

20-Sep-2011•Steven Lynch

Something to remember me by

Something to remember me by

Rahul Dravid made a fifty in his final ODI last week. We take a look at players who lit up their final matches

19-Sep-2011•Steven Lynch

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