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Who was the only spinner among the top ten Test wicket-takers of the 1980s?

And which famous author called cricketers "flannelled fools" in a poem in 1902?

Who was the only spinner among the top ten Test wicket-takers of the 1980s?

And which famous author called cricketers "flannelled fools" in a poem in 1902?

Book Extract

A mercenary and a legend

Kieron Pollard's choice to go franchise didn't just make him one of the first T20 millionaires, it also shaped how players approached the format

Cool heads

Five cricketers who preferred the floppy hat to the cap

'If I don't take wickets even in one innings, I think my career for India is over'

Ishant Sharma talks about putting pressure on himself to excel, and how he hit his current purple patch

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Michael Kasprowicz picks a team from among the best red-ball cricketers he played with

Interview

'When I started, I wanted to play long for India. But now I just want to enjoy the ride'

Sep 20, 2019: Hanuma Vihari looks back at his eventful first year in international cricket, and talks about learning to keep his desire for a place in the team from hijacking his game

Interview by Varun Shetty
Features

'I'm a player, really. I think I understand how players think'

Sep 18, 2019: At the end of his England tenure, Trevor Bayliss looks back at his four years in charge, and Eoin Morgan weighs in on a coach who did more than he seemed to

George Dobell
Talking Cricket

'If you go searching for wickets in T20, you're playing into the batsman's hand'

Sep 13, 2019: T20 spin bowling coach Samuel Badree on the importance of being versatile enough to bowl in the Powerplay and at the death

Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi
Quiz

Who was the only No. 11 to be at the crease for two one-wicket Test wins?

Sep 11, 2019: And which bowler other than Malinga has taken four wickets in four balls in an international match?

Brydon Coverdale
Hate to Love

The brat, the bully, the bleedin' Aussie bogeyman

Sep 11, 2019: For an England fan, it was hard not to feel antagonistic towards Ricky Ponting however much you liked his belligerent batting

Alan Gardner
High Fives

A whole new world of cricket

Sep 7, 2019: Magical matches? Fairy-tale finishes? In a game where anything is possible, every XI could use a bit of stardust

Anuj Vignesh
My Best XI

My Beefy and my Lamby long ago

Sep 5, 2019: Mike Gatting picks a team from among the best cricketers he played with

As told to Scott Oliver
Interview

'The camaraderie of this team is the best I've been part of'

Aug 24, 2019: Ross Taylor looks back at the various New Zealand teams he has been part of, the two World Cup finals, and the records he wants to set for Kane Williamson to chase

Interview by Andrew Fidel Fernando
Hate to Love

Do I love to hate Dhoni? Or hate to love him?

Aug 23, 2019: To a Bangalore boy, hero worship was out of the question regardless of Dhoni's leadership, batting and cool creds

Varun Shetty
Features

The man who keeps New York cricket ticking

Aug 15, 2019: Cricket in the city is safe in the hands of the enigmatic Clarence Modeste, keeper of the oldest continuously run cricket club in the USA

Aishwarya Kumar
Writers
  • Mark Nicholas
    How about Gary Kirsten as England's next coach? He has had successful stints with India and South Africa and has a batting brain that Joe Root would love to pick
  • George Dobell
    How Essex and Somerset share values that English cricket squanders at its peril A commitment to homegrown talent and embedded local support show county game in best light
  • Andrew Fidel Fernando
    Five crazy Sri Lankan cricket stories in 2019 Starring: Angelo Mathews, Kusal Perera, Lasith Malinga, Chandika Hathurusingha and Bhanuka Rajapaksa
  • Osman Samiuddin
    Are Pakistan's players better off in the new Quaid-e-Azam? For the first time, Pakistan's domestic cricket will be played without a single departmental team. What impact is this going to have on the players?
  • Ian Chappell
    Why getting Rohit Sharma to open in Tests is a good move It makes sense for him in light of his game. Also, Test cricket needs all the exciting batsmen it can get
  • S Rajesh
    Steven Smith's Bradmanesque Ashes bash With Steven Smith and Pat Cummins in fine fettle, Australia had the better numbers in a closely fought series
  • Sidharth Monga
    Chahar exhibits his range with an eye on T20 World Cup spot Used to bowling his overs at the start of his innings, Chahar knows he has to keep adding to his skills, and he is mentally ready to take on more in the death overs
  • Steven Lynch
    What's the highest score by a batsman who also made a duck in the same Test? Also, was the stand between Ben Stokes and Jack Leach the highest to win any match by one wicket?
  • Aakash Chopra
    What India need to do against Sri Lanka's key players How they face up to Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga will be crucial
  • Paul Edwards
    Harmer's enthralling battle with Abell a reminder of those gone before During the final game of the season, we savour every ball, every leg glance, every smart stop in the field - a tug on a cap tugs the heart
  • Andrew McGlashan
    Lockers, bread rolls, amateur barbers - cricket's famous self-inflicted injuries Incidents of players being injured when not actually batting, bowling or fielding
  • Tim Wigmore
    A mercenary and a legend Kieron Pollard's choice to go franchise didn't just make him one of the first T20 millionaires, it also shaped how players approached the format
  • Andrew Miller
    From Duncan Fletcher to Trevor Bayliss: how Chris Silverwood's predecessors shaped up Silverwood is the sixth England coach in the central-contract era - so how did the others fare?
  • Mohammad Isam
    Bangladesh's first-class system struggles in a Test Championship world The BCB's age-group system works well but only one of its three domestic competitions is producing anything close to finished cricketers
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