England's most interesting player?

Sam Billings may be a peripheral figure in England's one-day set-up, but his appetite for learning and hard graft is increasingly hard to ignore

Like Chris Martin scoring runs?

Andy Zaltzman helps us grasp the epicness of R Ashwin's 15 five-fors in 20 Tests

The dominator turns accumulator

A fan relives India's record-breaking chase against England in Chennai in 2008

Bairstow stands tall

England's wicketkeeper-batsman has had a prolific year after developing a method that works for him. By George Dobell

The curious decline of the 400-ish first-innings total

And other stats that'll light up your Cricketsmas in Andy Zaltzman's latest offering

What next for Alastair Cook?

Andrew Miller: With a defeat-strewn year coming to an end, and seven months of red-ball inactivity approaching, England need to contemplate their Test captaincy

'Ashwin the best allrounder in the world'

Sourav Ganguly and Jonathan Trott discuss England establishing control through Jennings' century, and India fighting back with Ashwin's wickets

Root's 130-ball lull, and Parthiv's place in the record books

Andy Zaltzman presents the stats you really need to know

Shaun Udal's last-chance saloon

The former England offspinner relives the Mumbai Test of 2006, which turned out to be his last - and most memorable

The Mumbai hand behind Hameed's rise

Vidyadhar Paradkar knew Haseeb Hameed would go far since their first meeting - and he has played no small part in that

Keaton Jennings emerges from his father's mould

The newest member of the England squad takes after his father, Ray Jennings, a man he got used to calling coach, not dad, early. By Luke Alfred

The Ashwin, Jadeja, Yadav stat you'll love

And six other delightful numbers by Andy Zaltzman

'England's left-handers struggled against India's offspinners'

Sourav Ganguly and Nick Compton on England's defeat on good batting pitches

'Self-belief has brought me here'

Ahead of his return to the Test squad after eight years, Parthiv Patel says he never felt he was out of the reckoning

'You need to get India out of their comfort zone'

Nick Compton, a member of England's 2012 side in India, talks about how they turned things around in that series

England have this series in the bag. The stats say so

And as we all know, you can try to argue with stats but you can't win. Says Andy Zaltzman

Left-arm's the charm

If you're an England selector looking to pick a spinner for India, history shows you're probably better off with a leftie

How India learnt to stop worrying and (sort of) love the DRS

Anil Kumble had something to do with it. By Sharda Ugra

How the percentage of bowled and lbw dismissals is on the rise for spinners

Sidharth Monga looks at how India's and Sri Lanka's slow men are enjoying success at home, using accuracy and natural variation

Crisis man Karun Nair eyes the big time

Over the last two years he has proved himself in sticky situations in domestic cricket repeatedly. Can he deliver on the big stage?

'If we try and blast India's spinners, we can get undone'

Owais Shah discusses the challenge for England's batsmen in India, and his new role coaching UAE