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An extract from Chinaman, a new novel featuring a sportswriter and his obsession with a once-in-a-lifetime bowler

Also: over a dozen sixes in an ODI innings, the smallest duckless totals, youngest five-for takers, and most runs in a loss

A collection of (sometimes) alternative viewpoints that hits and misses in about equal measure

The Pakistan trio's playing future is at stake in Doha, while it is a crucial case for the ICC and ACSU as well

Fellow inmates beat him up in jail, creditors seek to regain their investments, and the ECB quietly expunges him and his wretched helicopter from any annals and annuals at Lord's. Yet there is one significant individual who claims he should return to his

The bleach blond wicketkeeper is relishing the national call-up, but he knows life will go on irrespective of whatever happens at the World Cup

Also, Australia's Australia Day record, century and five-for on debut, fourth-innings best, and captaincy waits

A chance at promotion was on the cards after a win over Hong Kong, but 24 hours later, the wheels started to come off for USA at WCL Division Three

Michael Clarke is no prima donna leader, but large chunks of the Australian cricket public still haven't warmed to him

Yusuf Pathan has turned himself from a bludgeoner into a world-class game-breaker, one who can make the opposition wish they had taken up a different sport

ESPNcricinfo recaps all the occasions when there has been trouble at Eden Gardens

Questions remain over England's middle and lower orders, with several players vying for places. There is no such thing as bad competition for places, but it certainly makes life tricky

Also, captains dismissed on 99, Martin's crawl to fame, half-centuries on debut, and the youngest umpires

With an injured stalwart, an uncapped legspinner and only four players with World Cup experience in their fifteen, South Africa get on the plane to the subcontinent with much left up to chance

Also, Dhoni's frank but unscientific knowledge, what to say in Port Elizabeth to show dislike, and why Jozi is like Delhi, kinda, in part three of the South Africa tour diary

Yusuf Pathan has shrugged off blows to the shoulder, rescued India from dire situations, and proven himself to be a force to be reckoned with

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fifth ODI between South Africa and India, in Centurion

In Centurion the South African opener learnt how to combine Amla the one-day aggressor with Amla the anchor to set up a strong total

Being the partner of a player can be as lonely as it rewarding. Five cricketing better halves reveal all