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World Cup: the oldest, the youngest and the mostest
The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questionsabout (almost) any aspect of cricket. This week it’s a World CupspecialSteven Ly
Persistence pays off
Given the right tutoring and direction, Ishant Sharma has the potential to develop into an asset India has rarely possessed, a tall and aggressive fas
Kallis, the keystone of South Africa's batting
Stat snippets on Jacques Kallis, who went past the 9000-run mark in TestsMathew Varghese10-Nov-2007 Jacques Kallis’run-fest continues
A rare batting failure for Australia
Stats highlights from the second day of the Perth TestS Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna17-Jan-2008 Michael Hussey made his first Test
Pitch that's out of touch with ground realities
The slow, low batting tracks on view at Delhi and Kolkata may give India the series but won’t help their batsmen on the tour of Australia later this m
Badly begun is only half done
Some may point to the nature of the pitch but it was nowhere near as inert as some of Bangalore’s big-name players wereCricinfo staff19-May-2008
Jaded and searching for inspiration
In a summer of such discontent it is a result that will rankle the Australians for years, but the hosts were outplayed by a superior team in almost ev
Batting lifts but bowling worries remain
What will determine whether Australia win the fourth Test to draw the series and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is the bowling, which has been a pr
Partnerships and Smith win it for SA
Stats review of South Africa’s 2-1 series win over AustraliaSiddhartha Talya08-Jan-2009Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini’s defiance on a deteriorating pitc
Done on the development trail
Cricket has had a long and loyal following, born not only out of the village greens of England or the dusty Indian maidans, but the war-torn wasteland