Has any other player been thrown in at the deep end against tweak the way he has?

And as we all know, you can try argue with stats, but you can't win

And why the Australians may soon turn into a side feared by every other team in the world

Why England's teenaged opener should be wary of doing too well in this series

What will be on the home side's minds heading into the Old Trafford Test?

Their openers aren't reliable, their tail is weak, and their fielding isn't impressive. Does that stop them from winning Tests spectacularly? Of course not

In an unsatisfying England-Sri Lanka series, some unsatisfying numbers were achieved. At least England's captain got to go berserk at the end

Or how to infuse extra meaning into Anderson's five-fors and Sri Lanka's sub-100 total

Epic hundreds, ignominious king pairs, stonewallers and fire starters: the short history of cricket's first men in

Which No. 8's name would you tattoo on your body?

Who's going to win? Not Bangladesh, not England, not Australia, not Afghanistan, not India...

Aka the Nagpur Twirlageddon

And a look at other Ryan Campbell-ish comebacks in cricket

We remember the great New Zealand batsman. And look at Test records that have stood for 94 years and two months

Aiming to carve out megalithic statistics with the bat? Walk in at two-drop

Yes, that is what the era we are living in will be known for

Age and morals occupied cricket's collective mind in the last week

Just ask a genuine No. 10

A look at the fast bowler's recent hot streak, and statistical highlights from the meltdowns in Johannesburg and Canberra

What can we glean from the schoolboy record of 1009 not out, which no one had considered possible or necessary so far?