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A rare kind of century for Younis

The statistical achievements aside, Younis Khan's hundred in Sydney was unlike his previous ones, coming in circumstances without occasion or context, personal or otherwise

05-Jan-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Sydney

Younis completes unique set

Younis Khan struck his maiden hundred in Australia and in the process became the first player to score a hundred in all 11 nations that have hosted Tests

05-Jan-2017•Bharath Seervi

Mopey Yasir Shah losing his shine

The Pakistan legspinner has looked defeated, bowling without expectation or vision on a chastening tour down under

04-Jan-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Sydney

Calm Handscomb remains balanced after early success

Despite the stellar start to his career, Peter Handscomb is quick to dispel the notion that Test cricket is easy for him and readily acknowledges the benefit of playing the first few games at home

04-Jan-2017•Brydon Coverdale in Sydney

Handscomb's hot start, and Azhar's success as opener

Stats highlights from the second day's play of the Sydney Test between Australia and Pakistan

04-Jan-2017•Bharath Seervi

When Wahab was more than an enforcer

At the SCG, on a day of pure carnage, the Pakistan fast bowler showed he could be more than just the grunt who bowls bouncers

03-Jan-2017•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

The hare and the turtle create history

The hundreds scored by David Warner and Matt Renshaw at the SCG on Tuesday were a study in contrasts and were both invaluable to Australia's cause in the short and long term

03-Jan-2017•Brydon Coverdale at the SCG

'I wasn't even dressed before lunch'

David Warner zoomed to a record hundred before lunch, but folks on Twitter had enough time to react

03-Jan-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Warner only fifth to score century before lunch on first day

A look at the top statistics after David Warner raced to a century before lunch on the first day at the SCG

03-Jan-2017•Bharath Seervi

Steven Smith's extraordinary 50

First picked as a legspinner, Steven Smith has achieved phenomenal things with the bat in his second coming as a Test cricketer. More than six years after his debut, he is set to play his 50th Test, with a remarkable batting average of 60.63

02-Jan-2017•Brydon Coverdale in Sydney

The tune that would haunt Pakistan

Dismissals, drops, catches offered, trends, they all came together to form a tune that would haunt Pakistan for a long time

30-Dec-2016•Osman Samiuddin at the MCG

You won't take this Lyon down

Nathan Lyon began the fifth day at the MCG uncertain of his place in the side for the Sydney Test. By the end of play, he stepped back from the precipice with a spell that set the tone for Australia's unlikely win

30-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale in Melbourne

It looks over, but thank you Misbah

Maybe it should be, maybe it is time, maybe he should walk away now and enjoy everything he has achieved, has won, has fought for. Maybe he should. But I don't want it to be over

30-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber

A rare double-ton that ended in defeat

Pakistan's most defeats in a Test year, Starc collects an MCG record, and other stats highlights from the fifth day of the second Test between Australia and Pakistan in Melbourne

30-Dec-2016•Bharath Seervi

Consumed by cricket's unlikely love-in

Some will debate whether Test cricket or T20 will be regarded as the true form of cricket in the distant future, but in Melbourne the surfeit is all good

29-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber at the MCG

Pakistan's muddled bowling strategies

There is little doubt that Pakistan have planned and executed poorly with the ball in this series. Bowling coach Azhar Mahmood, however, did not have all the answers to explain this area of concern

29-Dec-2016•Osman Samiuddin in Melbourne

Let's talk about six

Australia have struggled to find a No. 6 batsman in Tests and it appears the search will continue for a while

29-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale in Melbourne

Smith's affair with the Boxing Day Test

Stats highlights from a rain-curtailed fourth day in Melbourne

29-Dec-2016•Bharath Seervi

Wahab's no-ball troubles blunt a serious weapon

The frequency with which the Pakistan fast bowler has overstepped in recent Tests is almost alarming, and, at the MCG against Australia, it marred what was otherwise a sensational spell

28-Dec-2016•Osman Samiuddin in Melbourne

Making sense of Misbah's insane fields

Yasir Shah bowled predominantly with a six-three, leg-side field on the third day at the MCG, and it allowed the Australian batsmen to plunder

28-Dec-2016•Jarrod Kimber at the MCG

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