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Playing, playing, gone

Playing, playing, gone

Cricketers who announced their retirements during series

23-Jan-2012•Steven Lynch

Thank you for not troubling the scorers

Thank you for not troubling the scorers

When batsmen made getting out for zero memorable

16-Jan-2012•Steven Lynch

Follow my lead

Follow my lead

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

09-Jan-2012•Steven Lynch

Hasta la vista... maybe?

Hasta la vista... maybe?

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

02-Jan-2012•Steven Lynch

Cricket's Olympians

Cricket's Olympians

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

19-Dec-2011•Steven Lynch

Going glassy-eyed

Going glassy-eyed

Players who wore spectacles while playing cricket

12-Dec-2011•Steven Lynch

It's not how you begin...

It's not how you begin...

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

05-Dec-2011•Steven Lynch

We don't do encores

We don't do encores

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

28-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

One and done

One and done

Players who only got to play a Test apiece for Australia

21-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

The one and only

The one and only

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

07-Nov-2011•Steven Lynch

Behind a famous cricketer...

Behind a famous cricketer...

... is sometimes his equally famous wife

31-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

We did overcome

We did overcome

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

24-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

To baldly go...

To baldly go...

Players who have been follically challenged at the top

17-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

Colour me purple

Colour me purple

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

10-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

My kingdom for a bat

My kingdom for a bat

Kings, nawabs and other royals who played cricket

03-Oct-2011•Steven Lynch

Married to the job

Married to the job

Eleven pairs of cricketing brothers-in-law

26-Sep-2011•Sidharth Monga and Siddhartha Talya

Something to remember me by

Something to remember me by

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

19-Sep-2011•Steven Lynch

Honey, I broke the razor

Honey, I broke the razor

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

12-Sep-2011•Steven Lynch

Well begun is half-done

Well begun is half-done

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?

05-Sep-2011•Steven Lynch

Me, myself and I

Me, myself and I

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

29-Aug-2011•Steven Lynch

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