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The streakers

Five batsmen and bowlers who enjoyed stretches of world-beating excellence

Writers

Osman Samiuddin

What did cricket in the 2010s teach us? In this past decade the game has both grown and shrunk, been haunted by past demons, and found resilience in mutability
George Dobell

Young England embrace old-fashioned virtues with eye on 2021-22 Ashes The success of a clutch of players aged 24 or under means Joe Root can look forward with optimism
Andrew Fidel Fernando

Who played the better innings, Stokes at Headingley or Perera in Durban? Their fourth-innings performances are among the greatest ever in Test cricket. We compare them on the numbers
Danyal Rasool

The ins and outs of Shoaib Malik's 20-year career Is he the cat with nine lives, the phoenix who rose from the ashes, or the dog with a bone, unwilling to let go?
Ian Chappell

Kohli at No. 3 and Rahul at 4 will give Australia plenty of headaches And Australia must look to exploit Kohli's fragility against Adam Zampa's legspin when India tour the country later in the year
S Rajesh

Philander: Deadly at home, phenomenal with new ball His sublime skills with the new ball ensure he will go down as one of the finest exponents of seam bowling
Sidharth Monga

Deadly and unique - the Bumrah impact Stats and even advanced algorithms cannot tell you the real story - Jasprit Bumrah has been the difference between the two sides
Steven Lynch

Does Jason Gillespie have the lowest average of any Test double-centurion? Also: Has anyone reached 200 dismissals in Tests faster than Quinton de Kock?
Firdose Moonda

Retiring Vernon Philander grateful to have 'found a way' to succeed Seamer emphasises skills above speed as he brings 64-Test career to a close
Sharda Ugra

What do India's cricketers have to say about the protests in the country? The fans want their heroes to speak up at times like these
Andrew McGlashan

And then there were five - how the Big Bash finalists shape up A rundown of the five teams that have made the new-look BBL finals, their form and key players
Tim Wigmore

How many leagues can cricket take? If all the existing and proposed short-format leagues are to survive, some will have to recalibrate their ambitions
Andrew Miller

Five miserable Test farewells As Vernon Philander's Test career draws to a quiet close, we list a few other underwhelming exits
Mohammad Isam

Mohammad Amir's six-for, Najmul Hossain Shanto's ton among BPL 2019-20 highlights We take a look at the best performances with the ball, with the bat, and in the field