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Heartbreak in Harare

One year ago, Scotland made it to the 2019 World Cup - and then they didn't

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Mark Nicholas

England aren't bad, only less consistent than Morgan demands They are still an exceptional team, but they need attention to detail and sensible application when confronted with problems
George Dobell

Chris Jordan and Sam Billings show fringe benefits in World Cup build-up Time is running out to make a case for the summer's big event, but two players in particular have stepped up
Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka can totally win the World Cup (as long as SLC continues to screw up) A look back at February in cricket tells us everything we need to know about the near future
Osman Samiuddin

Before and after Lahore 2009: Pakistan's cricket in numbers A look at the decade before the team were forced into exile in the UAE, and the one since
Ian Chappell

The Sheffield Shield isn't producing enough Test-quality batsmen It's particularly worrying that New South Wales, for long a batting factory, is going through a slump
S Rajesh

Holder, pace attack at the centre of West Indies' mini-revival While still inconsistent, West Indies have been winning Tests more often recently, putting an end to a barren run that has spanned the last several years
Sidharth Monga

The nomads who went above and beyond for Test cricket Many of Afghanistan's key players were dealing with great adversity, but they wouldn't let it affect them as they hunted down a maiden Test win
Steven Lynch

Has anyone topped Tim Murtagh's score from No. 11 in Tests? Also: what's the longest a player's gone between Test appearances?
Aakash Chopra

Stop comparing Rishabh Pant to MS Dhoni The young keeper-batsman has only got chances as a replacement, so the comparison isn't fair
Paul Edwards

Getting at the wretched truth Two books approach the Newlands scandal and Australian cricket's darkest hours in different but equally damning ways
Andrew McGlashan

All-time New Zealand World Cup XI Andrew McGlashan, an ESPNcricinfo deputy editor in Sydney, picks his all-time New Zealand World Cup XI
Tim Wigmore

Heartbreak in Harare One year ago, Scotland missed out on the World Cup by five runs
Andrew Miller

England's World Cup countdown: Who's hot and who's not? With England's winter campaign now over, how is their probable World Cup squad shaping up?
Mohammad Isam

Beauty, brutality and brotherhood in New Zealand It was to be a routine Test tour for Bangaldesh. Then terror and tragedy struck