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Did England experiment with pinch-hitting in the 19th century?
An early lesson on the spirit of the game, and an interesting insight from matches when WG Grace didn’t open feature in the best comments from this we
Cap gaps, and the Cook family's duck and ton
Plus: identical scores by openers in ODIs, and prolific bowling pairsSteven Lynch26-Jan-2016In the Johannesburg Test all South Africa’s batsmen made a
'The craziest group of people I have ever seen'
Perfect weather, a historic hundred, and plenty of singing in the stands made it a day to savourSamantha Smith07-Jan-2016Choice of gameIt doesn’t take
Mumbai's batting machine gets them on the board
ESPNcricinfo staff13-Apr-2016Robin Uthappa was dismissed early, but Manish Pandey was in prime hitting form. He made 52 off a mere 29 balls•BCCIMumbai
Chance for Raina to step out of the shadows
All through his international career, Suresh Raina had been seen as somebody’s man. This IPL, with Gujarat Lions, he gets to be his own man and lead h
Raina's one-handed stunner at slip
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SA survive Shahzad onslaught for 37-run win
ESPNcricinfo staff20-Mar-2016But with Quinton de Kock (45 off 31) on song, South Africa recovered quickly•Getty ImagesDe Kock found an able partner in
Masood gets it right, on a day when little else worked for Pakistan
Shan Masood was called upon as a bowler. Shan Masood survived to the close as a batsman. That offered scant consolation for a weary, error-prone Pakis
Umpires stage a walkout; Shuvo's blow to the neck
ESPNcricinfo picks eight talking points from DPL 2016Mohammad Isam23-Jun-2016The tightest title race in decadesThere is little doubt that Dhaka Premie
Warner blends early substance with late style
In the way that David Warner chipped away at the target as opposed to bursting through it, he was more Kohli than de Villiers. Now to take on both of