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Mahendra Singh Dhoni prepares to loft a delivery for six, Australia v India, 2nd semi-final, ICC World Twenty20, Durban, September 22, 2007

Numbers Game >>
Of boundaries, dots, and everything in between

How teams, and batsmen, compare in terms of dot balls, singles and threes scored, and more

Stephen Fleming tries to control emotions after their tour of Pakistan was called off mid-way after a bomb blew up near the team hotel, New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Wellington, May, 2002

Cricinfo XI >>
When tours reached tipping point

As India's tour of Australia rumbles on - for the time being - Martin Williamson looks at XI instances where tours have been abandoned midway or where they have been under threat

Sachin Tendulkar drives for a four, Australia v India, 2nd Test, 2nd day, Sydney, January 3, 2008

The List >>
Sydney's little niche in history

After the tumultuous SCG Test that India lost despite scoring 532 - a sizable score by any standards - in their first innings, the spotlight is turned on the highest innings totals in Test defeats

Jul 1983: Michael Holding of the West Indies in action during the World Cup cricket in England.

Ask Steven >>
A man nicknamed Death

A six-hour Test, a unique double, the most maidens on the trot, and the most runs at an away venue

Paul Collingwood and Rahul Dravid pose with the trophy ahead of the third ODI, England v India, 3rd ODI, Edgbaston, August 27, 2007

All Today's Yesterdays >>
The Wall

January 11: Rahul Dravid is born and Hanif Mohammad falls one short of 500

Reviews

Front cover of

Books >>
A life beyond the boundary

Stephen Fay reviews Cricket's Philosopher King, Dave Renton's biography of the West Indian writer CLR James

Specials

Stephen Fleming in the nets, Christchurch, February 21, 2005

Interviews
'I'm disappointed I'm still not captain'

Stephen Fleming looks back at ten years in charge of New Zealand and reflects on the difficult art of captaincy, his role models, and why his country doesn't produce top-class players nearly as often as it would like to. Interview by Utpal Shuvro

Profiles >>
The lady Don
Seven for seven in an innings, the first hat-trick in women's cricket, a 75-minute century - Betty Wilson, Australian allrounder extraordinaire of the 1950s, did it all and more in a career spanning just 11 Tests. Nagraj Gollapudi met her

Features >>
Technology and the middle path
The ICC's proposed new system of referring contentious umpiring decisions may have its pros and cons in about equal measure, but it needs to be given a fair run, writes Osman Samiuddin

Quote Unquote

"Same shit, different day."

Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe's response on being asked what he thought of the incidents of the Sydney Test

Number Crunching

89.73

Kumar Sangakkara's average in Test wins. Among batsmen with at least 1000 runs in wins, only Don Bradman averages more (130.08), while Michael Hussey is a close third with 88.65

Opinion

Peter English >>
Never say draw

A comparison of the winning streaks of Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting

Guest Column >>
Sledging: a convert writes

Rahul Bhattacharya calls for players to hold back abusive behaviour

Audio

Ricky Ponting rejoices after the win over India, Australia v India, 2nd Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 6, 2008

Bowl at Boycs >>
'Australians complaining about sledging is a laugh'

Geoffrey Boycott on the Sydney saga, why Lee shouldn't cut his pace, and why Chanderpaul should bat up the order

The Short Stuff

Steve Bucknor warns Australia for time wasting, England v Australia, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, August 14, 2005

What They Said About >>
'A dangerous precedent'

After several umpiring errors in the Sydney Test, an official protest from the Indian board saw the unprecedented step of an umpire, Steve Bucknor, being sacked from the next Test - provoking plenty of reaction

Tony Blain illustration

My Favourite Cricket Story >>
Asleep at the wheel

Ken Rutherford on the AustralAsia Cup semi-final of 1986, when Tony Blain found the perfect cure for insomnia

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