Who has been out stumped most often in Tests?
And has anyone only ever been out this way?Steven Lynch18-May-2021Who played rugby for Wales, took a catch in an Ashes Test, and was once given out handled the ball at Lord's? asked Mark Mitchell from…
Stats: South Africa's horror run in Asia and a rare fourth-innings feast for fast bowlers
Stats highlights from Pakistan's convincing 95-run win in the second Test in RawalpindiS Rajesh08-Feb-20212003 - The last time Pakistan beat South Africa in a Test series, before their 2-0 win in 2021. In that series…
Why Headingley 1981 is a work of art
Unique and inimitable, it can be interpreted in multiple waysOsman Samiuddin20-Jul-2021Forty years, and with each remembrance Headingley stands less as simply a Test match and more as art. A couple of weeks ago in the…
The final ball that wasn't: the story of a chaotically memorable finish
Agony and ecstasy were experienced, and then exchanged, as Australia scripted a fab come-from-behind winAnnesha Ghosh24-Sep-2021It's supposed to be the final ball of the match.A world-record 26th straight ODI win is on the line for…
How do the top players compare with Don Bradman and Sydney Barnes?
A look at the best streaks of elite batters and bowlers versus the gold standardAnantha Narayanan07-Aug-2021Over seven years ago I analysed how the best batting and bowling streaks in players' careers measure up to the…
Stats – Kishan hits second-fastest ODI fifty by a debutant
Ishan Kishan celebrated his 23rd birthday with a 42-ball 59 on his ODI debut.Sampath Bandarupalli18-Jul-20212 Ishan Kishan became the second man to score fifty on debut in both ODI and T20I cricket. He scored 56…
Which cricketer has the most runs after 100 Tests?
And how many people have been stranded on 99 not out overnight in a Test?Steven Lynch11-Jan-2022How many people have been stranded on 99 not out overnight in a Test, as Devon Conway was at Hagley…
Tim Seifert is prepped and ready
He got his A game going on the slow wickets in the CPL, and being in the UAE and practising during the IPL will hold him good stead tooDeivarayan Muthu19-Oct-2021Tim Seifert could barely hold back…
Stats – Afif and Mehidy's 79.45% contribution to Bangladesh's cause
For the first time, a team won an ODI despite their top six batters scoring less than 30 runsSampath Bandarupalli23-Feb-20220 Previous instances of a team winning an ODI with their top six batters aggregating as…
Pretorius provides crucial prelude to Dhoni vs Unadkat
CSK's eighth-wicket pair put on a masterclass in calculating the percentages and maximising favourable match-upsS Sudarshanan22-Apr-20221:19Ravindra Jadeja: We knew if MS Dhoni stayed till the last ball, he would win it for usThere's something about…