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Can 'Junkyard Pup' rumble as captain? (06 February 10:14) |
| Before Michael Clarke was made Test vice-captain he spent more time keeping players out of trouble than getting in it. |
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Cricket but not as we know it (06 February 09:21) |
| In light of the last 10 years' changes Simon Wilde imagine what cricket's next decade has in store - from floodlit Tests to international teams in the IPL . |
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Dad's lad (06 February 08:59) |
| When Mike Griffith followed in the footsteps of his father. |
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From electrifying to soporific (06 February 08:39) |
| There used to be a time when cricket in the Caribbean meant plenty of action, but the slow pitches and sluggish outfields there have made West Indies the country where runs have been scored ... |
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From Magura to No. 1 (06 February 08:28) |
| The world's top-ranked allrounder is a Bangladeshi who prefers to define himself as just a cricketer and has oodles of self-belief to go with his undoubted talent. Utpal Shuvro traces the ri... |
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Screen play (05 February 08:39) |
| Following the release of Victory, a cricket-themed Bollywood film, we look at some notable movies that have had the game at their hearts. |
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'I back myself to get big scores' (05 February 07:33) |
| Taking the attack to spinners of the class of Murali and Mendis, staying unbeaten as wickets fell around him - Sehwag talks about his Cricinfo Award-winning 201 against Sri Lanka with Sanjay... |
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Getting out of jail (04 February 08:27) |
| The lowest scores at the fall of each wicket, after which teams have gone on to win matches. |
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'I liked to see fear in a batsman' (03 February 08:38) |
| He rose fast, he fell fast, and in between he was a vicious fast bowler. Len Pascoe talks about the love of his life, fast bowling. |
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Gone in 34 seconds (03 February 08:27) |
| The myth and reality around the over that lasted little over half a minute, and a tribute to Bill Frindall. |
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Aesthetics above all (02 February 09:09) |
| Gower and Lara v Edmonds and McKenzie: four players who thrilled the senses like few could. |
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New year, new thrills (02 February 08:28) |
| A crazy debut, tailenders rule, an old-timer refuses to go away, Shakib's solos, and Powerplays make a comeback. |
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Give every format its due (01 February 08:21) |
| Twenty20 needs to be handled carefully if cricket's scheduling problems are to be solved satisfactorily. |
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Cricket's craziest confusion (31 January 10:24) |
| Cricket history is littered with daft run-outs, but none quite as bizarre as the one at The Oval 87 years ago. |
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Out of the darkness (31 January 08:38) |
| John Barclay was a nearly man as a player, but absolutely makes it as a writer of memoirs. |
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Strauss comes full circle (30 January 09:37) |
| Two years after he was denied the role, England's new captain is a testimony to the ability to reinvent oneself. |
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Hits of the seventies (30 January 09:27) |
| Duleep Mendis and Sunil Wettimuny tell Sriram Veera about the time Jeff Thomson sent them both to hospital. |
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The importance of spin in middle overs of ODIs (30 January 08:44) |
| South Africa's success in the ODI series in Australia has largely been due to their displays in the middle overs, where Johan Botha's offspin has played a key role . |
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Full metal racket (30 January 08:39) |
| Adrian Murrell, the noted cricket photographer, was at the ground when the aluminium bat furore unfolded. |
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You're not going to believe this, but... (29 January 08:32) |
| England's plans to conquer West Indies were stalled this week when Owais Shah suffered an unusual injury by scratching his cornea. We look at XI other instances where players found bizarre w... |
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The right choice by default (29 January 08:25) |
| Younis Khan happens to be Pakistan's sole realistic choice as captain; he's probably the right one as well. |
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The unbreakable South African (29 January 08:22) |
| Humble, resilient, modest and unflappable, Hashim Amla has overcome plenty and emerged the better for it . |
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Ordinary one year, extraordinary the next (28 January 08:30) |
| The largest ups and downs in ODI batting and bowling averages between one year and the next . |
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Sneakers to spikes to splaying stumps (27 January 08:30) |
| An autographed ball, a Honda Civic, and respecting your opponents. |
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The 35-second over, and the Bald Eagle (27 January 08:27) |
| Five overs in eight minutes, the most 100-run partnerships, the highest scores in a country's first ODI, and cricketers who played tennis. |
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Akalanka sizzles, Deano tees off (26 January 10:16) |
| A Sri Lankan bowler goes the Gough way, New Zealand selectors discover the joys of "pooching", Aamir Khan takes to cricket again, and Mohammad Azharuddin throws his hat in the Congress ring. |
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A home away from home (26 January 10:11) |
| Why Pakistan need to seriously consider the option of playing their home series overseas - and not in the UAE either. |
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History via poetry (25 January 08:08) |
| GD Martineau's is not the first name that jumps to mind when cricket writing is discussed but that's no reflection on his importance as a chronicler of the game. |
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Five go off in a highlights package (24 January 08:23) |
| So what if England didn't win too much last summer? The video chronicle makes for compelling viewing. |
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Sri Lanka's bogey team, and boundaryless Jayawardene (23 January 08:35) |
| Sri Lanka have done reasonably well against most teams, but Pakistan have brought out the worst in them. And their captain has been struggling to find the boundary for a while
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A century of dysfunction (23 January 08:29) |
| The ICC's upcoming centenary finds the world body in a state of perhaps terminal decline - its role ill-defined and its powers more eroded than ever . |
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A tail of victory (22 January 09:51) |
| Tailenders have been having their say of late in one-day internationals with Muttiah Muralitharan and Ray Price leading their teams to victory. This week we look back on eleven other occasio... |
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A natural and a fighter (22 January 08:41) |
| Imran made Pakistan believe in themselves; he also made Shahid Afridi decide to become a cricketer. |
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When No. 11 had an average of 50 (21 January 08:36) |
| The highest averages by players batting at eight, nine, 10 and Jack. |
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Self-improved Strauss leads by example (21 January 01:44) |
| If Andrew Strauss's philosophy as England captain pans out successfully over the next 11 weeks in the Caribbean he could bring out his own title - How To Make Yourself A Better England Playe... |
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Ashes absent but England bite the dust (20 January 03:33) |
| Post-Packer, Australia dished it out to the old enemy, but were soon on the receiving end in turn. Greg Chappell, Clive Lloyd, Bob Willis and others look back to 1979-80. Interviews by Simon... |
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Guptill's great start, and Gavaskar's great blitz (20 January 08:16) |
| Fastest to 100 ODI wickets, fewest Test runs including a double-century, most matches missed between Test caps, and South Africans captaining England. |
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'Couldn't care less' (19 January 08:36) |
| Hayden better than Tendulkar? Underwood better than Warne? Nobody may be taking the ICC's rankings seriously, but they're talking about them all right
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The soul responsibility (19 January 08:25) |
| Cricket is too strong to perish, but it is up to the likes of Lalit Modi to understand that its future is threatened by greed. |
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Crash bang wallop (19 January 08:21) |
| Big hitters, helmet alerts in the stands, a mother's 7000-mile journey, and cricketers go to jail. |
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Hayden among the savages (18 January 08:34) |
| Where did Australia's belligerent opener rank among others of similar vintage and style?. |
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A year in the life (17 January 08:29) |
| Aakash Chopra's account of a season in Indian first-class cricket has insights, immediacy, honesty, and is remarkably free of bitterness. |
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Anything Goes for Gower (17 January 08:23) |
| When a press conference got all too much for the England captain during a disastrous Ashes series. |
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Slip slidin' away (16 January 11:47) |
| A five-for - of a different kind. |
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Why Ashraful must go (16 January 08:36) |
| Bangladesh's captain has been given plenty of rope over the last year and a half, but he has only managed to hang himself with it. A change is overdue. |
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Chanderpaul, Gayle, and little else (16 January 08:31) |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Chris Gayle have been the best ODI batsmen in the world in the last 18 months, but the team has continued to struggle, thanks to the utter lack of support . |
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Born for Twenty20 (15 January 08:35) |
| Following David Warner's for Australia last week, Cricinfo draws up an XI whose careers have been inspired by Twenty20. |
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Who's next? (14 January 08:43) |
| Now that Australia have fallen off the perch, who stakes the most persuasive claim to being the world's No. 1 Test side? Graeme Pollock, Ray Illingworth, Steve Rixon and Aunshuman Gaekwad we... |
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My own private legend (14 January 08:33) |
| David Frith on Ray Lindwall, the greatest of fast bowlers and the nicest of men. |
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The man beneath the muscle (14 January 08:20) |
| Hayden was typecast as a batting bully, but he was subtler than that, and the same divergence showed in his character as well. |
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