In Case You Missed It: Heath Streak's fall, Babar Azam's rise, and a week of thrillers
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Heath Streak was charged with five breaches of the ICC's anti-corruption code • ICC via Getty
The former Zimbabwe captain is understood to have facilitated approaches by a corruptor - identified as Deepak Agarwal, who had also approached Shakib al Hasan, resulting in Shakib's two-year ban - to people within teams he was coach at. Nagraj Gollapudi has the details of how Streak's dalliance with Agarwal unfolded.
Azam vaulted to the top after his 94 in the third ODI against South Africa, becoming the fourth Pakistan player to hit No. 1, after Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad and Mohammad Yousuf. Azam also scored his maiden T20I century in the third game against South Africa to give Pakistan a 2-1 lead in the series.
One of the early ones? One dominated by Mumbai? Or a Dhoni special? Our staffers watch the footage and get to arguing.
Cricketers are now increasingly exposed to numbers, but many factors still hold them back from wholehearted acceptance.
The new Rajasthan Royals captain reflects on how far he has come, and talks about his approach to leadership - of which there was plenty on display in the Royals' first game, where he singlehandedly almost hauled his team across the line.
Ian Chappell believes Cricket Australia has to answer a number of questions before picking a replacement for their current Test captain.
No one had ever picked up a five-for against the Mumbai Indians in the history of the IPL, until Harshal Patel's maiden five-wicket haul in this season's opener. It's a reward for the new dimensions he's added to his bowling, says Saurabh Somani.
After a season hobbled by injury, the Sunrisers Hyderabad allrounder says he's fighting fit and ready for anything the IPL might throw at him.
For one thing, they're both cool. They're also playing out in empty stadiums. Alan Gardner hardly knows which one to watch.
And does R Ashwin rank higher than Imran Khan? Anantha Naryanan's comprehensive analysis of the numbers reveals all.
In our staff poll of the best performances in the past 13 editions, Raina's 25-ball breakneck epic came in in seventh place.
After a poor IPL in 2020 and being dropped in Australia and for the England series, the Delhi Capitals opener went back to the drawing board with coach Pravin Amre
And is Pollard any good at Fifa? We got the West Indies batter to dish on his team-mates in the latest 25 Questions.
Deepti Unni is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo