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The 'real value' of wickets: can anyone match McGrath?

And which was the most valuable wicket in Test history? Find out in this comprehensive analysis

The 'real value' of wickets: can anyone match McGrath?

And which was the most valuable wicket in Test history? Find out in this comprehensive analysis

Going up a level

There's a step, or 25, in our photo feature this month

Bavuma: 'I understand I have a voice, and the influence to make things better around me'

SA white-ball captain talks about his year in charge and his role as an agent of change

Simon Taufel: 'People think that the way to solve the odd grey area in cricket is to replace it with technology'

The much-awarded former ICC umpire talks about why taking every marginal decision in the game to the third umpire isn't workable

Training day

Practice also makes for perfect photographs

Analysis

The art of the T20 finisher

Apr 7, 2022: Perera, Miller, Wiese and others talk about the challenges of closing out a T20 innings

Matt Roller
Photo feature

Of bats and ballots

Apr 6, 2022: Who says cricket and politics don't mix?

Deepti Unni
Profile

The miracle man of Chinnappampatti

Mar 25, 2022: Natarajan's emergence from his village and his circumstances was remarkable enough. Now he's trying to make sure others do too

Deivarayan Muthu
Analysis

Bringing the A game

Mar 21, 2022: The WTC final was contested by the two teams with the best A programmes, and that's no coincidence. A tours are more important than ever before

Tim Wigmore
Stats feature

How the IPL franchises spent their money in the auction

Mar 17, 2022: Were keeper-batters more in demand than allrounders? Oldies better than newbies? We make sense of the numbers in this deep dive

Mathew Varghese, Shiva Jayaraman, Sampath Bandarupalli and Kshiraja K
Photo feature

Blaster from the past

Mar 16, 2022: A look back at Viv Richards' greatest hits, in pictures

Deepti Unni
Photo feature

Goodbye, Hollywood

Mar 9, 2022: A player who refused to be anything but himself on a cricket ground or off it, Shane Warne's life was the stuff of legend

Deepti Unni
Feature

Cricket's mothers have it better now than ever (but not all of them)

Mar 8, 2022: Female players who chose to have children effectively had to give up their playing careers. That is changing, but there's still a long way to go

Annesha Ghosh
Stats feature

The 'real value' of runs: where Root, Lara and Laxman shine

Mar 5, 2022: An exhaustive analysis determining the worth of a batter's Test runs has a great allrounder as the biggest gainer

Anantha Narayanan
Feature

Amelia Kerr: 'If my family didn't get involved, I would still be suffering now'

Feb 28, 2022: The New Zealand allrounder talks about how her mental-health break made her appreciate the value of sharing your problems with your loved ones

Valkerie Baynes
Writers
  • Ian Chappell
    Cricket's administrators seem bent on pushing Test cricket to the margins There still is appetite among fans and players for the thrills and nuances of the five-day game but the decision-makers are only guided by financial prospects
  • Valkerie Baynes
    Four-day cut-off robs yet another women's Test the room to thrive Scheduling intransigence causes series of outstanding performances to be overshadowed
  • Vithushan Ehantharajah
    Eoin Morgan takes his leave as England captain with one final act of self-awareness Beyond his cool exterior, Morgan was warmth to the core, says Vithushan Ehantharajah
  • Osman Samiuddin
    Bazball and the allure of the Edgbaston Test that awaits India Between the two teams, England have changed a lot more since the fourth Test last year, and India will recognise the giddiness around that
  • Alan Gardner
    Kyle Jamieson: 'If Lord's have those prawns again, there'll be some full stomachs out on the field' The New Zealand fast bowler on coffee, Italian food and what possibly did the tourists in against England in the first Test earlier this month
  • Sidharth Monga
    What Karthik's successful return means for Pant They don't play in the same role, but there are only so many batting slots and Karthik is this close to nailing one of them
  • Steven Lynch
    What's the most runs by a partnership pair in any Test series? And how many teams have gone past 300 runs in a T20I?
  • Mohammad Isam
    Pacey Khaled Ahmed gives Bangladesh something to cheer for In these two Tests, he has shown a range of skills that has repaid coach Domingo's faith in fast bowlers
  • Andrew Fidel Fernando
    Usman Khawaja masters pulaofests and dustbowls to leave Sri Lanka on the ropes Australia's batters have acquired some serious competence on subcontinent pitches
  • Karthik Krishnaswamy
    Live Report: England vs India, 5th Test, Edgbaston All the news, stats and colour from the Edgbaston Test in one place
  • Matt Roller
    All-out attack, adaptability, and everything in between - the Morgan mantra Five ways in which Morgan the maverick revolutionised England's white-ball cricket
  • Firdose Moonda
    Temba Bavuma's role, Lungi Ngidi vs Anrich Nortje, and other questions for South Africa With the T20 World Cup in four months' time, the think tank will want to iron out all the kinks as soon as possible
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