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A part of the site given over to the lighter side of the game, Page 2 was launched in 2008 and has built a niche following since, serving as an antidote to the serious business on the rest of ESPNcricinfo. =====

Nawaz Sharif and Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett find a place; so do Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and Prince Victor, grandson of Queen Victoria. These are some of the more unusual names you will find amid the 50,000 or so players and officials in the site's database. Player pages are among the most popular on the site, with readers returning to them repeatedly. Players too regularly visit their own pages - some to the extent where they harangue ESPNcricinfo employees on tour about their profile photos and write-ups. =====

If A wins their next game and B loses on Friday then C and D may have a chance to squeeze in with a superior net run rate: ESPNcricinfo's points tables pages for tournaments are much in demand, especially towards the pointy end of tournaments and domestic leagues. =====

The most searched-for terms on the site - usually player names - sit top right on the homepage, below the search box. Expectedly, Sachin Tendulkar features most days of the year, but terms like Ashes, IPL, BCCI, orange cap, and Paul Valthaty have occasionally run him close.