Anantha Narayanan

A lowdown on all the top performers and performances from the last recently concluded cycle

How do you pick just one match from the many fine ones each team has played? We gave it a shot

A comprehensive rating system to rank the top players in the format

Instances in Test cricket when teams were well ahead of the game after two or three innings, but went on to lose

A lowdown on all the major upsets in the last three years

The top performances of 2024, assessed using an innovative set of metrics

We retrofit all the Tests played between 1877 and 2025 into a Test Championship League

The many components that are taken into account to devise a historical Test Championship League

Analysing the impact and value of all the triple-centuries scored in Tests

And which country has seen the most hat-tricks taken? A deep dive into all the stats and trivia around the feat in cricket history

An in-depth study of bowlers at home, comparing them with other bowlers in the country; and home and away comparisons

The best individual batters and opening combinations, based on runs scored, strike rates, and performances against top-quality bowling attacks

Picking the best individual players and opening pairs based on runs scored, strike rates, and performances against top-quality bowling attacks in important matches

A look at batting averages in each country over the years, and batters who have done much better, or worse, at home than others in that period

Instances of solitary top-class batting and bowling performances by players with long and short careers

A new measure, the Z-Score, gives us a more complete picture of the gap between the greatest batter and the rest

A comprehensive look at the greatest recoveries in Test cricket

With some of the best long-format players around approaching the twilight of their careers, here's a look at how many runs and wickets they're likely to end with

From an average of 331 overs per decisive Test match in the 1990s, the figure has dropped to 295 since the start of 2020

And how many batters have had the same score in a Test, or bowlers the same analyses? Deep diving into stats to unearth quirky numbers