How do you measure McCullum?
The excitement you felt when you watched him captain or fly through the air to save a boundary, or tapping his bat, about to face a ball - you can't put a number to it…
RCB hapless against Yusuf, Russell charge
ESPNcricinfo staff02-May-2016KL Rahul steadied the innings with Virat Kohli, as the pair added 84 runs for the second wicket off 58 balls•BCCIRahul went on to score 52 off 32 balls, his third successive fifty.•BCCIKohli, too,…
Spin kings v batting superpowers
A look at some of the key numbers ahead of the England-New Zealand semi-finalS Rajesh29-Mar-20168-4 England's win-loss record in T20Is versus New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2013, they won six in a row, the most…
Bravo's many disguises, and Johnson's new weapon
Plays of the day from the game between Kings XI Punjab and Gujarat Lions in MohaliNikhil Kalro11-Apr-2016The two-card trickDwayne Bravo, one of the canniest T20 bowlers on the planet, executed the bouncer-yorker combination to perfection…
314 sixes, and 21 match-winning tosses
Stats review of the 2016 World T20, which was tough on fast bowlers and saw more sixes hit than previous editionsS Rajesh05-Apr-20167.78 The overall run-rate in the tournament - the second highest among all World…
England's failure to evolve catches up with them at last
England have ambitions to be No.1 in the world, but they have fallen short in a familiar manner in this TestGeorge Dobell13-Aug-2016Like a driver who has ignored the warning lights on the dashboard for many…
India strike twice on truncated opening day
ESPNcricinfo staff18-Aug-2016R Ashwin did Darren Bravo in with drift and turn as the ball spun past his push to hit offstump. West Indies were reduced to 48 for 2•Associated PressKraigg Brathwaite, however, held his own…
Hit and run
The evolution of running between the wicketsCrispin Andrews05-Oct-2016People only tend to remember how a batsman runs between the wickets when something goes wrong. Geoff Boycott running out Derek Randall, on Randall's home ground, Trent Bridge,…
Elgar v Starc: a sequel to Johnson and Smith
Mitchell Starc has dominated left-hand batsmen; Dean Elgar has struggled against left-arm bowlers. Their contest could set the tone for the seriesFirdose Moonda20-Oct-2016A left-arm opening bowler and a left-handed opening batsmen could headline South Africa's…
Bird holds his own amid uncertainty
Earlier in the year Jackson Bird, pace bowler, was dropped for his batting. He faces competition from faster, younger men. But, unsurprisingly, he still got the job done on Boxing DayBrydon Coverdale at the MCG26-Dec-2016A…