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Young England embrace old-fashioned virtues with eye on 2021-22 Ashes
The success of a clutch of players aged 24 or under means Joe Root can look forward with optimismGeorge Dobell in Johannesburg28-Jan-2020That’s how En
'And selectors wanted you to bat down the order!'
With Aaron Finch seeing them like beach balls, who’d want to be a bowler? So wonders the Twitter worldESPNcricinfo staff03-Jul-2018172 off 76 balls fr
Duckett dusts himself down after torrid Test baptism
Ben Duckett was found wanting by the best spin bowler in the world during England’s Test series in India, but he believes he’s better for the experien
Twenty wickets in a T20, and identical scores by openers
Also: most T20I runs without a fifty, boundaryless innings, and other trivia from the shortest formatSteven Lynch29-Mar-2016Is MS Dhoni the only man t
Australia must prove themselves roadworthy
In over four years of substantially increased investment in the team, results away from home have declined rather than improved, most notably against
Gayle walks and dives
Plays of the day from the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals in BangaloreAbhishek Purohit11-May-2014Gayle’s honestyChris G
The Ashes adjective-swapping programme
And all the stats you can take from Adelaide without waking up with a hangoverAndy Zaltzman25-Feb-2013One of England’s greatest all-round performances
Unlikely trio give Australia scare
The fight that Upul Tharanga, Nuwan Kulasekara and Dhammika Prasad showed in Brisbane has let Australia know that the finals are not over. Sri Lanka a
Canny Collingwood keeps it simple
Collingwood’s ability to rebuild an innings when the opposition bowlers have gained the momentum is a trait that any team would love to haveJamie Alte
Junior Waugh special, and Greatbatch the limpet
We asked you to pick out the greatest Test you had ever seen (or one you wished you had), and the responses ranged from the predictable to the not-soC