Aston Villa set for disaster over Bale
Aston Villa have already made two great new signings in the summer transfer window, with Boubacar Kamara and Diego Carlos both making the move to the Midlands ahead of next season. However, it is unlikely…
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Big Leeds transfer news on Adamu
Leeds United are interested in Red Bull Salzburg striker Junior Adamu, according to Sky Sport Austria. The lowdown The Athletic's Phil Hay wrote last month that Jesse Marsch wanted to add a centre forward to…
Newcastle: Reporter makes Sven Botman claim
An update has emerged on Newcastle United's hunt for Lille centre-back Sven Botman heading into the summer transfer window... What's the talk? Reporter Pete O'Rourke has claimed that the Magpies will go back in for…
India's quicks set a new benchmark in England
The best of the numbers as India's pacemen dominate the opening day of the fourth Test but England fight backBharath Seervi30-Aug-201844.2- Strike rate of India fast bowlers in this series, is the best for any…
Ravindra Jadeja, best in Asia
Stats highlights from a day in Kanpur dominated by IndiaBharath Seervi24-Sep-201615.60 Ravindra Jadeja's bowling average in Tests in Asia - the best by any bowler with 50 or more wickets. There is some distance to…
Win some, lose some, and a duck tango
Also: fastest to 400 wickets, most wickets by a double-centurion in a Test, and Aaqib and Shoaib's parallel careersSteven Lynch04-Aug-2015After winning at Edgbaston England have a sequence of won-lost-won-lost-won-lost-won in their last seven Tests. Is…
Harris revives memories of Merv
Ryan Harris' willingness to exert himself on this tour to South Africa, despite his badly deteriorating knee, and his effectiveness through the pain on day three in Cape Town, take one back to Merv Hughes…
'Hit the ball, enjoy the sound'
Virender Sehwag's unorthodox style and approach to the game has redefined Test batting at the top and his impact for India and on world cricket should outlast his recent slump in overseas form Sidharth Monga22-Nov-2012If…
Fearless Stan
McCabe at the crease was the personification of batting with haste yet no hate. On his birth centenary, we remember the batting geniusChristian Ryan16-Jul-2010To pore over the scoring wagon wheel of Stan McCabe's 240 against…
Peaks and troughs
Bare statistics don't really do justice to the peaks and troughs of Aravinda de Silva's careerWisden CricInfo staff18-Aug-2005Bare statistics don't really do justice to the peaks and troughs of Aravinda de Silva's career. He made…