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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

Dig deep, get down and dirty - no one does it better than New Zealand Delayed gratification comes to those who push on through the suffering - just look at Williamson's men
Osman Samiuddin

Can Pakistan get the real Asif Ali to show up more often? For Islamabad United, he is a free-stroking middle-order attack machine; for the national side, a shadow of that player
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

Shahnawaz Dahani - the pace bowler with the smile He's burst into the spotlight as the Multan Sultans' trump card in PSL 2021, and looks set for 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

Jofra Archer's absence tests England's seam-bowling bench strength with eye on T20 World Cup Recalled David Willey and Chris Woakes can stake long-term case with new-ball wickets
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

Who's got the most stumpings in a first-class match? Also: what's the highest score by a batter in a final first-class game?
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

Modern heroes of the game light up historic Rose Bowl History, conversations, duels, drama, and a blanket of cloud featured on the first two days of the biggest occasion in Test cricket
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