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Stats - Zimbabwe (586), Afghanistan (699) reach record highs in Bulawayo run-fest

Afghanistan needed just 10 Tests to post their maiden 600-plus total, as they broke a host of records against Zimbabwe

30-Dec-2024•Sampath Bandarupalli

Jasprit Bumrah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Laura Wolvaardt and Nicholas Pooran make it to our teams of the year

Our staff pick their men's and women's teams from among those who excelled through the year

30-Dec-2024•Yash Jha

The young and old hands in Afghanistan's third successive ODI series win

Having shown glimpses of their ability in the last two World Cups, Afghanistan have most pieces of the puzzle right in the lead up to the Champions Trophy

12-Nov-2024•Mohammad Isam

Shahidi and Afghanistan show Bangladesh how to get out of trouble

Both teams found themselves in similar situations in the opening ODI in Sharjah but only one found their way out

07-Nov-2024•Mohammad Isam

Afghanistan favourites in familiar Sharjah as Nahid, Nasum await visas

Form and familiarity with conditions are in Afghanistan's favour; off-field issues and poor results have bogged Bangladesh down of late

05-Nov-2024•Mohammad Isam

Noor Ahmad: gun wristspinner who turned St Lucia Kings' X-factor

All of 19, he has already played in the IPL, PSL, BBL, the Hundred, MLC, LPL and SA20, and could soon have a CPL title to his name

05-Oct-2024•Ashish Pant

Women's cricket is the ideal playground for swing

Because of the slower pace of the game, big, banana swing is far more common in the women's game, almost defining its entire vocabulary

03-Oct-2024•Sidharth Monga

Is Kamindu Mendis the fastest to 1000 Test runs?

And is R Ashwin the only player to take a five-for and score a hundred in a Test at the same ground twice?

01-Oct-2024•Steven Lynch

Stats - Afghanistan's historic series win, Gurbaz's record century

All the key numbers as Afghanistan seal their first ODI series win against a top-five ranked nation

21-Sep-2024•Sampath Bandarupalli

Stats - A new low for South Africa, and Farooqi gets to 100

All the big numbers from South Africa's collapse to 106 against Afghanistan in Sharjah

18-Sep-2024•ESPNcricinfo stats team

Inexperienced SA brace for Afghanistan challenge amid loud backlash

The first ever bilateral series between the two teams will be played against the backdrop of severe criticism from one of South Africa's top human rights organisations

17-Sep-2024•Firdose Moonda

Cricketing nomads Afghanistan hurt by lack of dedicated home venue

It's not rocket science: the more they play at one venue, the more their game will develop, especially with the red ball. But where is that one venue?

14-Sep-2024•Vishal Dikshit

The Indian commentator who is now the voice of Afghanistan cricket

Jodhpur's Devender Kumar does commentary not only in international Afghanistan games but also their domestic fixtures

13-Sep-2024•Daya Sagar

A gloomy debut for Test cricket's newest venue in Greater Noida

No play was possible on day one despite there being plenty of sunshine

09-Sep-2024•Daya Sagar

Greater Noida under the weather ahead of Test debut

The drainage appears to be a notch below world-class, and the continuous rain for the past few days hasn't made things easier

08-Sep-2024•Daya Sagar

India won the T20 World Cup, but who were the real winners?

Our correspondent hands out his awards for the tournament - to Gulbadin Naib, the ICC's fixtures planners, and others

03-Jul-2024•Alan Gardner

T20 World Cup 2024 - a zero for Bumrah, and other curious numbers

The slowest T20 World Cup but with the most sixes, an unbeaten champion, and much more

30-Jun-2024•Sampath Bandarupalli

Afghanistan's World Cup success isn't a surprise

They are a competitive side that has continued to improve

29-Jun-2024•Ian Chappell

Ice-cool South Africa finally put together the complete game

After seven failed attempts, their men's World Cup semi-final jinx is broken. After plenty of scrapping at this World Cup, they were clinical in their quest for history

27-Jun-2024•Firdose Moonda

Stats - South Africa men's maiden World Cup final, Afghanistan's lowest T20I total

Statistical highlights from the semi-final between Afghanistan and South Africa in Tarouba

27-Jun-2024•Sampath Bandarupalli

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