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Cricketers who announced their retirements during series

When batsmen made getting out for zero memorable

Michael Clarke's triple-hundred at the SCG inspired our selection of these captains' knocks

Stuart MacGill's comeback to big cricket has started well, but some people weren't so lucky

To get into the spirit of the 2012 Olympics, here are 11 cricketers with connections to the Games

Players who wore spectacles while playing cricket

Players who failed to light up their debuts but went on to shine later in their careers

Players who stole the show on their Test debuts but couldn't live up to the early promise

Players who only got to play a Test apiece for Australia

England players who managed to win just a single Test cap (and one who got two)

... is sometimes his equally famous wife

Cricketers who got over physical or social obstacles to make a mark in the game

Players who have been follically challenged at the top

When cricketers (other than Bradman) briefly tried on the cloak of invincibility

Kings, nawabs and other royals who played cricket

Eleven pairs of cricketing brothers-in-law

Rahul Dravid made a fifty in his final ODI last week. We take a look at players who lit up their final matches

From WG to Amla: cricketers (and a statistician) with impressive beards

Should Nathan Lyon and Shaminda Eranga be worried that most of the bowlers who took wickets with their first ball in Tests didn't go on to perform many more great deeds?

After Rahul Dravid carried his bat at The Oval and then went straight back in to start the follow-on, we look at some other single-handed batting efforts