Dream Team
Who's in our retro T20 XI? Sobers, Richards, Bradman… oh, wait
Oct 18, 2020 Our panel picks a team of 12 players who never played a T20 but would take to the format with ease
Why Steven Smith's 2019 Ashes batting performance is the greatest of all time in a series
Oct 10, 2020 The best batting, bowling and all-round performances in series, ranked, taking into account opposition strength and the pitch conditions
Did Kapil Dev really end his career as poorly as people believe he did?
Sep 12, 2020 A look at how players did in the last 10% of their careers compared to the first 90%
Stats analysis
Home and away: bowlers who travel well and those who don't
Dec 6, 2019 How much better do Jadeja and Rabada perform at home than they do abroad? Do fast bowlers fare better in Asia than spinners? Can anybody touch Syd Barnes?
Players who said goodbye on a high v those who faded away
Dec 10, 2016 A look at the last ten Tests of players' careers, and how they compare with their averages through the rest of their careers
Curtly a foreigner in no land
Sep 10, 2016 A measure to judge how good a bowler is, especially overseas
Magnificent Martin and jaunty Jack
Mar 3, 2016 We remember the great New Zealand batsman. And look at Test records that have stood for 94 years and two months
The Jury's Out
Which is the finest bowling pair?
Aug 2014 New-ball partners, spin twins, pace-spin combos, duos drawn from quartets: doesn't matter, give us the finest pair of bowlers ever, we said to our panel, and they did just that
Fiery Syd
Dec 18, 2013 Sydney Barnes, the most feared bowler of them all, was a colourful, forbidding and often misunderstood character who wouldn't have been out of place in the modern game
The Barnes standard
Sep 16, 2013 Many consider Sydney Barnes the best bowler in Test history. Which bowlers match him?