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Superhero one day, supervillain the next

Superhero one day, supervillain the next

There are great ruthless destructive fast bowlers. Then there is Dennis Lillee

10-Mar-2015•Colin Croft

Pretty hate machine

Pretty hate machine

Few players get so much derision thrown their way as Shane Watson. Few respond with such aplomb

04-Feb-2015•Geoff Lemon

Charmingly villainous

Charmingly villainous

It was hard to resist Imran Khan's allure. Even if he was making a mess of your team

06-Jan-2015•Mudar Patherya

A deranged fearlessness

A deranged fearlessness

It's easy to think of him as a boorish oaf who makes easy runs. Not that David Warner gives a toss

03-Dec-2014•Rob Smyth

Glum, grim, gutsy

Glum, grim, gutsy

Graeme Smith was an unwatchable, immovable nuisance; he was also a terrific match-winner

01-Nov-2014•Jonathan Wilson

One scrapper to rule them all

One scrapper to rule them all

Ricky Ponting was the last person you wanted to spite. If you tried, you were in for a pasting

02-Oct-2014•Iain O'Brien

Once a rat in blue, now the Kohinoor

Once a rat in blue, now the Kohinoor

It's easy to dislike a brash upstart like Virat Kohli; it's hard to not admire his brilliance

03-Sep-2014•Kamran Abbasi

That little devil from Karachi

That little devil from Karachi

Many thought Javed Miandad was just a cocky smart alec. How wrong they were

03-Aug-2014•Ian Chappell

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Ross Taylor comes out of retirement to play for Samoa at T20 World Cup regional qualifiers

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