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Which Test captains had the greatest effect on their team's fortunes?

Plus, the canniest captaincy tactics, the zaniest declarations, the luckiest toss winners, the overachievers, and more

Which Test captains had the greatest effect on their team's fortunes?

Plus, the canniest captaincy tactics, the zaniest declarations, the luckiest toss winners, the overachievers, and more

India vs Australia 2016-17: war minus the shooting

Drama, controversy and hard-fought cricket - the 2016-17 Border-Gavaskar Trophy had it all

Alyssa Healy is a sore loser and she won't apologise for it

The Australia keeper-batter on being driven by competitiveness, her performances in recent World Cups, and life with her better half, Mitch Starc

Cricketers in hot (and cold) water

How important is the place of baths and tubs in the game?

'I can't change my body structure. Everybody is not going to be slim'

How strict is too strict when it comes to fitness testing, and what are the challenges that large players deal with? Azam Khan, Rahkeem Cornwall, Sisanda Magala and Lizelle Lee tell us

Feature

How Avram Glazer of Manchester United finally got his finger in a cricket pie

Jan 12, 2023: The co-owner of the world's most famous football club tried and failed to buy an IPL franchise, but he's made up now

Matt Roller
Stats feature

Which players win the most T20s - and does it matter?

Dec 21, 2022: Win-loss records can be a blunt instrument to measure a player's worth with, but franchises are still likely to keep an eye on them during the IPL auction

Matt Roller
Photo feature

Swing when you're winning

Dec 14, 2022: Nearly 20 years to the day since his international debut, a look back at the fast bowler's remarkable career, in pictures

Deepti Unni
I Was There

The narrowest victory ever: when Walsh and Co broke Aussie hearts in Adelaide

Dec 7, 2022: Ian Bishop, Craig McDermott, Justin Langer and Tim May look back at the thrilling Australia-West Indies Test from 30 years ago

Interviews by Alex Malcolm
Photo feature

Signed, sealed, delivered

Dec 5, 2022: A look at the somewhat forgotten art of autograph-hunting

Hemant Brar
My Favourite Cricket Photograph

The Wizard of Aus

Dec 1, 2022: In the twilight of his career, Shane Warne conjured up magic in Adelaide one last time

Hemant Brar
Talking Cricket

How working on his mind helped Shane Watson access his technical skills better

Nov 18, 2022: The former Australia and IPL allrounder talks about how he turned himself into a top-tier T20 batter in his 30s

Interview by Karthik Krishnaswamy
Photo feature

360 degrees of Suryakumar Yadav

Nov 9, 2022: We break down the batter's inventiveness in pictures

Karthik Krishnaswamy
Feature

Summers with Greenidge and Marshall

Nov 4, 2022: A small Lancashire club went all starry-eyed and slack-jawed when a couple of West Indian invincibles turned out for them for two seasons in the 1990s

Scott Oliver
My Favourite Cricket Photograph

Walk like an Englishman

Oct 27, 2022: Two streets, two photographs that defined Michael Atherton's two tours of the Caribbean as captain

Andrew Miller
Writers
  • Vithushan Ehantharajah
    ESPNcricinfo Awards 2022 T20I bowling winner: Sam Curran aces the powerplay New and improved, the England allrounder struck the decisive blows in the World Cup final
  • Karthik Krishnaswamy
    How do India approach the WTC final without Bumrah and other questions Has Gill sealed a permanent place? And what about life after Ashwin and Jadeja
  • Ian Chappell
    India seem to have forgotten how they won in Australia The marked tendency to produce result pitches shows they may have underestimated the visiting side
  • Osman Samiuddin
    Anderson vs Rizwan, Messi vs Netherlands: two acts of grand-wizard magic Ten days ago, two old masters added a special vignette apiece to their career highlights reels
  • Nagraj Gollapudi
    Cheteshwar Pujara: 'My passion became my profession' On the verge of his 100th Test, the India batter looks back at his top innings and talks about the qualities that have made him the player he is
  • Danyal Rasool
    Miller: 'I've really enjoyed challenging myself against the PSL death bowlers' The South Africa batter on taking mental-health breaks, data-driven analysis, his attachment to Multan Sultans, and more
  • Andrew Fidel Fernando
    Rookie mistakes leave Sri Lanka needing another miracle The top order had the experience to bail out their inexperienced attack, but they instead went down in abject fashion
  • Alan Gardner
    ESPNcricinfo Awards 2022 Test batting winner: Jonny gets his freak on Bairstow made plenty of eyebrow-raising hundreds in 2022. This was the best of them
  • Ian Chappell
    India seem to have forgotten how they won in Australia The marked tendency to produce result pitches shows they may have underestimated the visiting side
  • Andrew Miller
    ESPNcricinfo Awards 2022 Captain of the Year: Different Stokes, different blokes England's Test captain showed sides of himself few thought he possessed, on the way to inspiring and reinventing his team
  • Hemant Brar
    ESPNcricinfo Awards 2022 Men's Test batting nominees: Bairstow vs Bairstow Two innings by Jonny B, plus Elgar, Pant, Babar and Warner
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