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The others

Cricketers who were overshadowed by their more famous relatives on the field

Desert-island reads

Cricket has probably spawned more books than almost any other sport. Here's a personal selection of favourites

Are you sitting down for this?

Netherlands beat England last month. A look at some other big international upsets over the years

Your names are numbered

Players with names that contain numbers between 0 and 10 (and one with 20)

Go figure

A look at some of cricket's more improbable bowling analyses

The tradesmen

A Barber, a Cook, an Engineer and other cricketers whose names are also professions

I'll not be back

After Kevin Pietersen's international exit, a look at some other unusual endings to Test careers

Guess who I met today?

Sharing a flight or bumping into them in the press box - it's always fun to meet cricket's rich and famous

A card for every occasion

A selection of strange-looking scorecards: from victory after 15 all out to England v the "Bs"

The No. 1 centurions

The first players to score centuries for their countries

The No. 1 centurions

The first players to score centuries for their countries

It's a draw!

After Darren Bravo's superb effort in Dunedin, a look at some other famous match-saving innings in Tests

The quiet goodbyes

After the emotion of Sachin Tendulkar's last Test, a look at some farewells that didn't go quite so well

You'll be missing me

As the world prepares for Sachin Tendulkar's last hurrah, a look at some successful farewells

One of us against us

A selection of people who did well in international cricket against the country in which they were born

Have you met Mr Jones?

After the Smiths, we look at the Joneses to have played Test cricket

Who, me?

Some of the unlikeliest men to play Test cricket

The Smithsonians

Men with a popular surname who have scored international hundreds

Bruised but not shaken

Famous incidents when batsmen were hit by bouncers

Best of the rest

A look at some players who missed out on Test cricket because they came from Associate-member countries. (One from each nation.)

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