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Boys on burning decks

Boys on burning decks

Players who top scored or had the best bowling figures in a Test despite their teams losing by an innings

03-Feb-2010•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Overdosing on the same opponent

Overdosing on the same opponent

Teams that have played each other most often during short periods of time

26-Jan-2010•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Michael Clarke's five-year wait

Michael Clarke's five-year wait

Players who went the greatest number of innings before improving on career highs achieved on debut, and those who never managed to

20-Jan-2010•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

So near and yet so far

So near and yet so far

Batsmen who made the most scores between 50 and 99 before getting to a century

13-Jan-2010•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Men at work

Men at work

Which players and teams have been the busiest in 2009 and in previous years

06-Jan-2010•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Awful openers and terrific ones

Awful openers and terrific ones

The best and worst average opening stands in Test and ODI series

16-Dec-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Thirty-six years between Tests

Thirty-six years between Tests

Venues with the largest gaps between international games, and the longest individual players and teams have gone between games at particular venues

09-Dec-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Debutant centurions who then had to wait

Debutant centurions who then had to wait

Players who had to wait the longest for their second centuries and five-fors

02-Dec-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

The captain's right-hand men

The captain's right-hand men

Players who've served longest, and performed prolifically, in Tests and ODIs, under particular captains

25-Nov-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

The sparsest and the busiest careers

The sparsest and the busiest careers

Players who've played few Tests over a long career, and those who've played a sizeable number in a short span of time

18-Nov-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Sixes for everyone, and strike-rates over 100

Sixes for everyone, and strike-rates over 100

Innings in which every batsman hit it out of the park and scored at a run a ball or better

11-Nov-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

They don't think it's all over

They don't think it's all over

Lower-order partnerships that formed the highest percentage of the target during a chase

04-Nov-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

The slowest to 1000 runs

The slowest to 1000 runs

Players who took the longest to reach 50, 100, 500 and 1000 career runs in Tests and ODIs

28-Oct-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Masakadza sets a new record

Masakadza sets a new record

Players who scored the most runs and took the most wickets in a bilateral series

21-Oct-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Fifty-three ODIs without a fifty or a three-for

Fifty-three ODIs without a fifty or a three-for

Players who never scored a half-century, nor took three wickets in an innings, during their whole careers

14-Oct-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Australia's fortress, and New Zealand's long wait

Australia's fortress, and New Zealand's long wait

The longest winning and losing streaks, at home and abroad

07-Oct-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

The right men for large run-chases

The right men for large run-chases

Batsmen and bowlers who do better when the task is bigger

30-Sep-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Big hundreds without big partnerships

Big hundreds without big partnerships

Matches in which two batsmen made large scores in the same innings but weren't at the crease at the same time, not even for one ball

23-Sep-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

One batsman, many partners

One batsman, many partners

Openers who've had the most batting partners, and those with the fewest

16-Sep-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

Can Vettori challenge Hadlee's record?

Can Vettori challenge Hadlee's record?

The list of progressive record wicket-takers for each country in Tests

09-Sep-2009•Travis Basevi and George Binoy

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