Features 2015

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A round-up of the most popular pieces of content on ESPNcricinfo in 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff
The World Cup semi-final between New Zealand and South Africa, neither of whom had ever made it to the final, was engrossing to watch and read about  AFP

MATCHES

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1. Australia v India, World Cup semi-final, Sydney, March 26

2. India v Bangladesh, World Cup quarter-final, Melbourne, March 19

3. New Zealand v South Africa, semi-final, Auckland, March 24

4. Australia v India, fourth Test, Sydney, January 6-10

5. Sri Lanka v India, third Test, Colombo (SSC), August 28-September 1

6. India v South Africa, fourth Test, Delhi, December 3-7

7. Sri Lanka v India, second Test, Colombo (PSS), August 20-24

8. Australia v Pakistan, World Cup quarter-final, Adelaide, March 20

9. India v Pakistan, World Cup, Adelaide, February 15

10. Sri Lanka v India, first Test, Galle, August 12-16

Pakistan's most successful captain, the fastest Test centurion, tuk-tuk - how many different ways do we know Misbah-ul-Haq?  AFP

PLAYERS

1. Virat Kohli

2. AB de Villiers

3. Kumar Sangakkara

4. Steven Smith

5. Rohit Sharma

6. Hashim Amla

7. Kane Williamson

8. MS Dhoni

9. Shahid Afridi

10. Misbah-ul-Haq

Viv Richards was picked as the greatest ODI cricketer, but the debate among readers rages on  PA Photos

STORIES

News

1. List of players sold and unsold in IPL 2015 auction (February 16)

2. Wahab v Watson, the fury and the folly (March 20)

3. Responsible Rohit sees off Bangladesh threat (March 19)

4. Who is the greatest ODI cricketer? (March 6)

5. New Zealand hold nerve to leave SA heartbroken (March 24)

6. Live coverage of the IPL auction (February 16)

7. South Africa slam 438 to flatten India in decider (October 25)

8. Ashwin, Dhawan make it nine in a row (March 10)

9. Dhawan hundred sets up another big-day win (February 22)

10. De Villiers sets breathtaking new century record (January 18)

AB de Villiers responded to Martin Crowe's letter during the World Cup by hitting the fastest 150 in ODIs  ICC

Features

1. Letter to de Villiers (February 25)
by Martin Crowe

2. The curse of KP (March 10)
by Simon Barnes

3. Triumph and disaster in an unforgiving minute (March 24)
by Sambit Bal

4. Why the Ashes is watchable and Indian cricket isn't (July 21)
by Mukul Kesavan

5. The greatest time of our lives (March 28)
by Martin Crowe

Imran and Kapil to open your attack? Yes, please  Getty Images

Blogs

1. Sri Lanka and Pakistan's arranged marriage (June 15)
by Ahmer Naqvi

2. An India-Pakistan team to beat the world (July 18)
by Sankaran Krishna

3. Kohli to buy out stadium for Anushka (April 14)
by R Rajkumar/Page 2

4. Five IPL records I'd like to see broken (April 5)
by James Marsh/Page 2

5. It's KP's fault (May 14)
by Andy Zaltzman