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Ask Steven >>
Lots of ODIs but no Tests

ODI stalwarts who never played a Test, the man who bowled more than ten overs in an ODI, and the writer of Back to Bay 13

The Week That Was >>
Baseball, golf and a little bit of cricket

Baseball comes to Somerset, Vaughan picks up his clubs, Warne names his top 100, and Shoaib does a Shoaib. By Andrew McGlashan

Print Run >>
My friend the bookseller

Thirty-five years ago John McKenzie opened a bookshop in Surrey that has since grown to be a mecca for collectors of cricket titles. By Suresh Menon

Rewind to >>
Australians get stoned

Australia's tour of Pakistan in late 1982 was wobbly before it had even started, with several big names opting to sit it out, and it only got worse from there

All Today's Yesterdays >>
The original Jack Russell

October 7: English batsmen who average 50 in Tests are few and far between, making Charles "Jack" Russell , who was born today, one of a rare breed

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Turning back the clock, affordably

Well produced, pocket-friendly reprints of a couple of 1920s Wisdens and the first edition of the Green Lilly

Quote Unquote

"Looks go after certain age. Besides, I am no Brad Pitt who wants an Angelina Jolie."

Harbhajan Singh is more for substance than style when it comes to a partner

More quotes: 'When spinners bowl most of the overs, they get most of the wickets'

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A strange and sublime rivalry
How does India, a team that has never consistently staked a claim to No. 2, repeatedly manage to look the mighty Australians in the eye and not flinch? By Sidharth Monga

My Favourite Cricketer >>
The vicar's son, the rebel and the poet
John Snow's style and charisma were natural and irresistible to a young Alan Lee in Hove in the 1960s. Snow was a bit more exciting than those around him - too exciting, as it turned out, for some

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Fast men on slow tracks
Being a fast bowler on tour in India may seem like a mug's game, but if you play it smart there will be rewards. Nagraj Gollapudi talks to a few experts on what Australia's quick men will need to keep in mind

Number Crunching

Did You Know?

England's Geoff Pullar played in 16 Tests before finally taking a catch in his 17th, to dismiss Mushtaq Mohammad in Lahore in 1961-62. He took only two catches in his 28-Test career. His 16-Test wait for a catch is a record