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Deadly venom: the terror of Derek Underwood

Beneath the gentle facade lay a spinner whose weapons were accuracy and fear

Writers

Osman Samiuddin

Ijaz Ahmed wasn't pretty to watch. Did that blind us to his quality as a batsman? We remember him for the odd stance, but there was a whole lot more to Pakistan's axeman of the 1990s
George Dobell

What has English cricket been like for black players? Ebony Rainford-Brent, Tymal Mills, Roland Butcher, Donovan Miller, Michael Holding, Tino Best, Chesney Hughes and others talk about their experiences
Andrew Fidel Fernando

Can we all be a little more like Mohammad Hafeez? His commitment to testing is admirable
Danyal Rasool

The promise and the pain of Hasan Ali He had the world at his feet, then his back gave way and now everything is uncertain
Ian Chappell

Every cricket team needs a dressing-room pest In a time of pandemics, lockdowns and bio-secure bubbles, the team needs a character like Doug Walters to bring levity and ease tensions
S Rajesh

Has any bowler improved like Ishant Sharma has? No bowler with a reasonable playing span has the numbers he does for the second half or the last third of his career
Sidharth Monga

Was the 2007 World Cup really a disaster? A series of unforeseen events went against the tournament, but it also got a lot of things right
Steven Lynch

Did Everton Weekes once miss the start of a Test in which he was playing? And did he only ever hit one six in his career?
Firdose Moonda

Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma, Dean Elgar… who will South Africa's next Test captain be? With Quinton de Kock out of the running, there is no clear successor to Faf du Plessis in sight
Sharda Ugra

Whatever happened to Ravi Shastri 1.0? When did the outspoken rebel, who always put players' interests first, turn into an establishment man?
Andrew McGlashan

From 86,000 to zero - the week Covid-19 changed cricket As the game's set to resume, here's a look back at how cricket went from a full MCG to a juddering halt
Tim Wigmore

How many leagues can cricket take? If all the existing and proposed short-format leagues are to survive, some will have to recalibrate their ambitions
Andrew Miller

Ten memorable Australia-England ODIs From Border's win against the odds to Buttler's announcement of a new era, the matches that have defined the limited-overs version of the rivalry
Mohammad Isam

Covid-19 lockdown threatens to push Bangladesh's fringe cricketers out of the game Players - men and women - might look for other avenues of income if the situation doesn't change soon