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Falling short: Has Bumrah's bouncer lost its bite?

Since his comeback from a stress fracture in early 2020, his shorter deliveries have not brought as much reward

09-Jan-2022•Shiva Jayaraman

Ishant or Umesh - who should replace Siraj in Cape Town?

Tall swing bowler who can bowl dry when needed, or a skiddy swing bowler who might test both edges but could go for runs?

08-Jan-2022•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Dale Steyn and Wasim Akram bowling in tandem? Here's a Test side where that happens

An all-time Test XV picked by readers

08-Jan-2022•Anantha Narayanan

How South Africa won the pace-bowling battle at the Wanderers

Thanks to their being a lot taller than India's attack, they were able to extract more out of a pitch with extra bounce

07-Jan-2022•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Stats - South Africa end losing streak in Tests against India with record chase

All the statistical highlights from South Africa's successful 240 chase in Johannesburg

06-Jan-2022•Sampath Bandarupalli

Why did Rishabh Pant play that shot?

His moment of step-out-and-hope was perhaps born less of sky-high self-confidence than a lack of it

05-Jan-2022•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Where does Bangladesh's win rank among the greatest upsets in Tests?

A comprehensive, numbers-based look at the greatest upsets in Tests, taking into account team strengths, recent form and result margin

05-Jan-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Stats - Shardul Thakur scripts history with best Test haul by an Indian against South Africa

All the statistical highlights from the quick's record bowling performance in the second Test in Johannesburg

04-Jan-2022•Sampath Bandarupalli

Shardul 'Beefy' Thakur's day out at the Wanderers

He isn't quite Botham, but he's a perfectly good fourth seamer who produced a Bothamesque spell to live up to his dressing-room nickname

04-Jan-2022•Karthik Krishnaswamy

What is the record for the most caught-behind wicketkeeping dismissals in Tests?

And what is the lowest total that was enough for an innings victory in a Test?

04-Jan-2022•Steven Lynch

Bowlers made hay, Root rose, Kohli fell, and debutants had a ball

All the stats highlights from 2021, when ball dominated bat in Tests, Pakistan called the shots in T20Is, and ODIs faded into insignificance

04-Jan-2022•S Rajesh

How Ashwin stopped worrying about technique and started loving his old game again

He seems to have gone back to trusting his hands and eye, and allowing his innate attacking game to flourish

03-Jan-2022•Karthik Krishnaswamy

India's rope-a-hope with Pujara and Rahane is wearing thin

There probably isn't a lot of time left for the pair to turn things around, nor is there an easy way out of their ruts

03-Jan-2022•Karthik Krishnaswamy

India live the Test dream, Australia get the elusive World Cup, and Bangladesh suffer ignominious defeat

In our second batch of report cards for 2021: India, Australia, England, Bangladesh, South Africa, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe

03-Jan-2022

My year of watching and covering the game

2021 featured lots of early starts, memorable conversations, a new cricket format - and a fair bit of golf

03-Jan-2022•Mark Nicholas

R Ashwin, Wanindu Hasaranga, Liam Livingstone and Lizelle Lee make it to our teams of the year

ESPNcricinfo's staff picked their Test, ODI, T20 and women's teams of the year. Do they resemble yours?

02-Jan-2022•Matt Roller

England are presentable at home but poor abroad, and their home strength is under threat

Though he is their best batter, a fair amount of the blame for that must go to Joe Root

02-Jan-2022•Ian Chappell

All the hits

The most-read articles on ESPNcricinfo and the Cricket Monthly in 2021

31-Dec-2021

Two kinds of Jasprit Bumrah magic

One was an intended bit of magic, while the other was a reward from the cricketing gods

30-Dec-2021•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Stats - A rare defeat for South Africa in Centurion

India registered their eighth Test win in 2021, their joint second-most in a calendar year

30-Dec-2021•Sampath Bandarupalli

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