ESPNcricinfo XI

  First page First PreviousPrevious NextNext Last Last Page RSS Feed

Best actors in a supporting role

Substitutes who played a significant role while fielding in matches

We regret to inform you...

After the Queen's visit delayed the start of play on the first day at Lord's, a look at some other strange reasons why play was suspended at the home of cricket

Now isn't that something?

A look at the more unlikely coincidences in cricket

How much would you bid for them?

A fantasy T20 team of players who would have been stars of the format if they had played it

Vote for me and I'll bat for you

With Pakistan's new prime minister Nawaz Sharif being a former first-class cricketer and Imran Khan in the opposition, it's time for another look at cricketers with a passing interest in politics and politicians who were fans of the game

We'll be missing you

Could there have been a ninth team in the Champions Trophy, made up of some exciting players overlooked for different reasons?

A Lord's credit roll

Men and women who lent character to cricket's HQ

Name-dropped by Wisden

People who have made unexpected appearances in the cricket bible

Who'd have thunk it?

Some Test series that didn't end up quite as they were expected to

That can't be legal

Cricketers who have - by accident or design - led to changes in the Laws

You shall not pass

England's great escape in Auckland was the 21st time a Test ended with a team nine wickets down in the fourth innings. Here are 11 such cliffhangers

You're fired

Australia recently dropped four players for failing to fill in a report. Here are more strange reasons for missing a Test or leaving a tour

Would you like a hyphen with that?

Nathan Coulter-Nile is the 12th double-barrelled international for a Test-playing country. Here are the ones who preceded him

Flowers, Cake and Love

Cricketers with romantic names

That's spooky

Cricket's history is littered with coincidences. Here's a selection

The Smiths

Common by name, special by feats

Dial Z for ...

Cricketers who'd be bottom of the pile if sorted alphabetically

Packing a punch

Cricketers who weren't afraid of hooking or cutting - in a boxing ring

Left to themselves

Monty Panesar's performance in Mumbai inspired us to look at England's rich history of excellent (if often eccentric) left-arm spinners

Hogging the show

Memorable one-man performances in Tests and first-class matches

  First page First PreviousPrevious NextNext Last Last Page  
  • ESPN
  • ESPNF1
  • Scrum
  • Soccernet