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Chasing the bucks

As the Indian Premier League prepares to launch, we look at other ventures where people have sought to milk cricket's popularity for commercial gain

17-Apr-2008•Martin Williamson

Some more bad boys

In January we featured an XI of players who had been barred from the game. Now, in the light of the five-year ban slapped on Shoaib Akhtar by the Pakistan board, here are some more who have been sent to the dog house

10-Apr-2008•Martin Williamson

Pipped at the post

Last week Virender Sehwag looked set to go past Lara's record Test score. We look at 11 men who came close to breaking batting records

03-Apr-2008•Sriram Veera

Coming from behind

With England coming from behind to beat New Zealand, we look at XI other instances where sides have recovered from early losses to win a series

27-Mar-2008•Martin Williamson

It's out, brothers, out

As various boards face potential showdowns with players over their contracts with the two Indian Twenty20 leagues, we look at XI other instances where the workers have taken on the bosses

20-Mar-2008•Martin Williamson

Staying at home

In a week when Australia pulled out of their tour of Pakistan citing security concerns, we look at XI other instances where tours have been cancelled

13-Mar-2008•Martin Williamson

Harder, better, faster, stronger

A look at 11 ways to improve women's cricket

06-Mar-2008•Jenny Thompson

One for the road

XI cricketers who found the lure of alcohol a temptation too far

28-Feb-2008•Martin Williamson

More hitting out of the park

A look at another 11 cricketers who enjoyed taking the aerial route

20-Feb-2008•Martin Williamson and Andrew Miller

Hitting it out of the park

A look at 11 cricketers who enjoyed taking the aerial route

07-Feb-2008•Martin Williamson and Andrew Miller

Bad boys

In a week where Shane Bond's international career appears to have been prematurely ended by the Indian board, we look at XI other examples of players being banned

31-Jan-2008•Martin Williamson and Andrew Miller

The men with the most

Before Warne and Murali jumped ahead, other bowlers held the distinction of being the leading wicket-takers of the time. The Wisden Cricketer trawls through the record-breakers of their day

24-Jan-2008•Rob Steen

They also played cricket

Cricinfo looks at 11 other cricketers - notable and not-so-notable - who have tried their luck in front of the cameras

17-Jan-2008•Andrew Miller

Cameras, lights and coral pink

Stump mics, prefab pitches and, er, pink uniforms. We look at eleven legacies of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket

13-Dec-2007•Martin Williamson

Eleven quirky debuts

Alastair Cook flew halfway around the world from the West Indies to Nagpur, and responded to England's injury crisis with 60 and 104 not out on debut. Here, are 11 other memorable debuts

11-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller and Martin Williamson

Cricket tragics

Eleven politicians who would have preferred to have been watching cricket instead

28-Nov-2007•Martin Williamson

The umpire's word is final ... but wrong

Eleven instances where the umpire got it horribly wrong

22-Nov-2007•Martin Williamson

Pretty in pink

Hot on the heels of the MCC's decision to experiment with pink balls comes this XI of instances when sport took recourse to a certain less-than-masculine colour

15-Nov-2007•Andrew Miller

The pen mightier than the bat

Authors who had more than a passing interest in cricket

08-Nov-2007•Martin Williamson

Choking on the champagne moment

Games where teams pulled off unlikely defeats

01-Nov-2007•Mathew Varghese

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