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Getting shirty about substitutes

The subject of substitute fielders has attracted considerable comment. It was an issue that was high on the agenda back in 1981. By Martin Williamson

Numbers Game >>
The most effective hitter in the IPL

A look at the teams' batting and bowling performances, and the singles and boundary percentages for batsmen

Cricinfo XI >>
Overjoyed overseas

New Zealand enter the series against England today as distant second favourites, but they've had a history of catching teams unaware. We look back at 11 of their greatest away victories

The List >>
Beginning with a bang or a whimper

Some cricketers started and ended their international careers with a hundred, and other less fortunate ones began and finished with a duck. We look at auspicious and inauspicious beginnings and ends to careers

All Today's Yesterdays >>
Verity, I say unto thee

May 18: The birth of Hedley Verity, the author of the cheapest ten-for in first-class history

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	Who's your favourite cricket commentator? Beefy or Nass? Harsha or Sunny? Richie or Tayls? None of the above? Vote now

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Playing at the cutting edge

Richard Bean's new play provides a state-of-the-nation snapshot of cricket and society in England. By Jenny Roesler

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My Favourite Cricketer
The inscrutable craftsman

Much of what is said about Mohammad Azharuddin is true and a lot is not. But where myth met reality was hard to say, for he was hardly willing, or able it seemed, to bare his soul. By Rohit Brijnath

Must Read Books >>
History on the grand scale
The best book Ramchandra Guha wrote on cricket is a personal journey, but also much more - ambitious, provocative, timely, and full of learning worn lightly. Gideon Haigh on A Corner of a Foreign Field

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The leader of the pack
New Zealand aren't blessed with abundant pace-bowling resources, but in Chris Martin they have someone who will run in all day. As they head into the series against England, it is Martin who is designated to show the way. By Andrew McGlashan

Quote Unquote

"I certainly did not. What sort of nancy stuff is that?"

And Geoff Boycott isn't much of a fan of batsmen touching gloves, either

Number Crunching

Did You Know?

c Shaun Pollock b Jacques Kallis (26), and c Kallis b Pollock (22) are the two leading wicket-taking bowler-fielder (excluding wicketkeepers) combinations in ODIs. If caught-and-bowled dismissals were to be included, c Muttiah Muralitharan b Muralitharan (30), and c Chris Harris b Harris (29) would overtake the Pollock-Kallis combine