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Bowlers responsible for the most zeroes, the lowest ODI totals never scored, and centuries in 50th Tests

It's central contracts time in Australia, and Cricinfo runs the rule on the 39 players who've played in various forms of the game for the national team, and attempts to identify the 25 who will make the cut

For a while tonight it looked as if Bangalore Royal Challengers were going to live down to the tag which last year turned into an albatross: that of the Test team trying to play Twenty20

Depending on the situation, 'kwaai' can either mean aggressive or cool. Thus far, the Knight Riders had been neither, and they desperately needed some kwaai when they got to St. George's Park

No fireworks from Smith and Gibbs but an enjoyable game nonetheless, at freezing St George's Park

Most captains in the second edition of the IPL have quickly agreed on one thing: if you are well set as a batsman, whatever you do, do not get out to a spinner

Despite another horrendous start with the bat, Rajasthan stole this game because they had the players that made sensible decisions when the going got tough

A few errors aside, a tasty biography of the legspinner who discovered the flipper - and the cost of irking The Don

Yuvraj Singh must be one of the more irritating bowlers to face, certainly one of the more amusing to watch, and as I am finding out, one of the most enjoyable to write about

Yuvraj, Sangakkara and Jayawardene, together with coach Tom Moody, have combined in a collective leadership that has revived Punjab's fortunes

A fan enjoys Raina's assault, and relishes the face-off between Warne and Dhoni, but is disappointed not to witness a close finish

Losing hair, joining the army, playing in Australia, and being teetotal occupy the mind of the Delhi Daredevils opener

Today's clash at Centurion between Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils, first and second in the table before the game, oozed confidence and entitlement

Kings XI Punjab's leading wicket-taker's summer really took off only after it was almost over

Punjab won the game in the pressure-cooker moments, their teamwork enabling the bowlers to defend 119 against Mumbai's mighty batting line-up

Bangalore may see this win as a turning point - it lifted them off the bottom of the table - but the result can't paper over the obvious flaws in the way they play

A former officer in the Royal Green Jackets, Matthew Fleming - who played 11 ODIs for England - will open a cricket camp in Afghanistan, the newest of the ICC's one-day international countries

Seventeen games into the IPL, and the Australian influence in the tournament hasn't been a whole lot