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Dancers in the dark

When Thorpey and Nas emerged from the gloaming in Karachi with England's first win in Pakistan in 31 years

Writers

Matt Roller

Gratitude the overriding emotion after series of ebb and flow England were worthy winners, both teams got useful World Cup prep - but most important was that this tour took place at all
Vishal Dikshit

Rachael Haynes' top six: from repair jobs to explosive finishes England were at the receiving end of Haynes' grit and text-book acceleration more than once, but one of her "most important knocks" came vs Sri Lanka
Firdose Moonda

How callow South Africa ceded the psychological high ground Elgar at a loss for answers, as bid to avoid playing by England's rules backfires
Ian Chappell

Australia's system produces good captains, but you can't say the same about England Pat Cummins is an example of the former. For England, Stokes apart, the lack of candidates makes it a lottery
Andrew McGlashan

Healy, Gardner, McGrath: who could be Australia's next captain? If the decision needs to be made, it could come down to how short or long term the selectors want to look at
Osman Samiuddin

Cricket could learn from the NFL and start thinking of itself as a collective At the moment international cricket is a loose coalition of often conflicting self-interests. If that doesn't change, the future is grim
Mohammad Isam

Nurul Hasan: 'It's a team-first game; if you think otherwise, it won't work' "When we don't play well, we should be ready for criticism; but we have to start talking about success, we have to believe"
Andrew Fidel Fernando

Everything you need to know about manufacturing crazy cricket arguments on Twitter Aka everything you wished people would stop saying about the Deepti Sharma-Charlie Dean run out
Karthik Krishnaswamy

How do India replace the irreplaceable Jasprit Bumrah? The team wins more when Bumrah plays, and other bowlers get better with him in the attack. India have a big problem to solve at the T20 World Cup
Firdose Moonda

How callow South Africa ceded the psychological high ground Elgar at a loss for answers, as bid to avoid playing by England's rules backfires
Sidharth Monga

How Robin Uthappa struggled to find himself and succeeded The India and Karnataka batter, who retired from international cricket recently, spoke about his long-running battles with mental-health issues off the field
Steven Lynch

Did Don Bradman ever play against Frankenstein's Monster? And how many times have teams played a seven-match T20I series?