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This is us: New Zealand's climb to the top

From whingers no one liked to opponents every one adores, they are the feel-good drama we all want to binge on

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Andrew Fidel Fernando

This is us: New Zealand's climb to the top From whingers no one liked to opponents every one adores, New Zealand are the feel-good drama we all want to binge on
Valkerie Baynes

Heather Knight rues missed hundred but return of women's Tests is reason to celebrate Captain made fluent 95 but her dismissal coincided with England's middle-order wobble
Andrew Miller

WTC final rages against the dying light as regulations come under scrutiny again Compelling contest runs aground on officials' interpretation of bad light rules
Osman Samiuddin

Rashid Khan playing in the PSL is a sort of homecoming At a time when Afghanistan is in the world's political focus again, the first pan-subcontinental star offers a respite from all that heavy context
George Dobell

Proud home record ends as years of neglect cause England's dam to break Joe Root fronts up, but ECB is to blame for end to seven-year home record
Danyal Rasool

What's gone wrong for Quetta Gladiators in the last two seasons? The reasons include a one-dimensional pace attack, Sarfaraz Ahmed's falling stock, and more
Ian Chappell

Were England let down by inexperienced batting? Or is a flawed system to blame? If a batter has scored a Test century, he knows how to construct an innings
Matt Roller

New Zealand demonstrate bench strength ahead of World Test Championship final Will Young, Matt Henry ponder return to drinks duty despite starring roles in Edgbaston win
Sidharth Monga

How did India build their world-beating bench strength? They have a system For long, its population made the country's talent pool notionally the world's largest. Now India has methods to identify and develop that talent to the fullest
Steven Lynch

Have any players been dismissed for 199 more than twice? Also: who has scored the most runs in T20 cricket without ever playing a T20I?
Firdose Moonda

In Kagiso Rabada's dip is the story of South Africa's decline in Tests Rabada hasn't been at his best after Philander's retirement and South Africa must find a way of not overburdening him
Alan Gardner

It's coming home. Maybe. Who cares, really? Could the two WTC finalists be any more excited?
Mark Nicholas

Does Ashwin hold the key to the World Test Championship final? If it stays dry in Southampton and spins a bit, as pitches there are inclined to do, might it be India's game?
Mohammad Isam

Shakib Al Hasan won't change, because the BCB is incapable of changing him The star allrounder has crossed the line many times in the past, and the Bangladesh board has bent its rules to accommodate him