Tournament of spills?
There have been 40 dropped catches in the first 19 games of the IPL, which have cost a total of 727 runs. Here's a list of all of them. ESPNcricinfo staff18-Apr-2017Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI…
Mithali Raj's heroic run comes up short
With a little more help from her team-mates, Raj would have been holding aloft the trophy at Lord's but even so this should be seen as a game-changing campaign by IndiaJarrod Kimber at Lord's23-Jul-2017There is…
Moeen faster than Botham, Sobers, Imran to 2000 runs and 100 wickets
Stats highlights from Moeen Ali's banner day in the series opener at Lord'sBharath Seervi07-Jul-20174 Number of players to have made 2000 runs and taken 100 wickets in fewer Tests than Moeen Ali. Shakib Al Hasan…
Which is the slowest Test of all?
And how many batsmen have been run out in the 90s on debut?Steven Lynch03-Oct-2017How many people have been run out in the nineties on their Test debut, as Aiden Markram was? asked Piet de Vries…
Australia reminded of Starc reality
Australia are not the same team without a 100% fit Mitchell Starc - and that includes when Starc is actually playingDaniel Brettig at Sydney04-Jan-2018Australia are not the same team without a 100% fit Mitchell Starc…
Codes, and politics: what the aftermath of the bust-ups tells us
Perhaps it's time Australia have another look at how they, as players, are perceived by the cricketing world. Perhaps it's also time for South Africa, as a cricketing nation, to reconsider the way they negotiate…
Four things we learnt from Bangladesh's season
With stories that inspire and bygone players making their return to international cricket, one thing's for certain: cricket is king in BangladeshMohammad Isam05-May-2018Bangladesh's 2017-18 season ended with good news - the move up to No.…
IPL trends: Why teams batting first aren't scoring big runs
Takeaways from the first week of IPL 2018: teams are attacking the first over, and going big in the Powerplay, and DRS has already made a differenceGaurav Sundararaman16-Apr-2018One week and 12 games into IPL 2018,…
Rishabh Pant takes 70 off 24 balls against Rashid and Bhuvneshwar
Stats highlights from Rishabh Pant's outstanding hundred, on a pitch where the rest of his team-mates collectively scored at less than a run a ballShiva Jayaraman10-May-2018128 Rishabh Pant made the highest score by an Indian…
Tom Curran's "peasants" slur enrages Somerset fans
Our latest snippets from the Vitality Blast also include Tom Curran's outburst against Somerset fans, Colin Ingram's weird training technique and Northants' unwanted recordMatt Roller and David Hopps13-Aug-2018When Londoners visit the sticks there is always…