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Numbers Game >>
Call correct, call the shots

At some venues that host day-night one-dayers, just winning the toss might be enough. By S Rajesh

Cricinfo XI >>
Weapons of mass destruction

In the wake of Marcus Trescothick's revelations in his autobiography, we revisit XI famous instances of ball-tampering

The List >>
Raising the bar

Bowlers who improved on their best figures most times in Tests and one-day internationals

Ask Steven >>
The Don's average, and the cricketing Bolt

Bradman's average before his last Test, the most runs in one day, and hundreds in the first and 100th Tests

All Today's Yesterdays >>
The Demon demolishes England

August 29: Fred Spofforth takes 14 at The Oval in 1882

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Books >>
A journey, darkly

The backdrop to Joseph O'Neill's acclaimed new novel is New York's seedy cricket subculture, where the search for meaning is deceptively infectious, if ultimately futile. By Andrew Miller

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Essays
Forever superstar

Modern fame is perishable; Bradman's wasn't. And his feats are just about half of what his legend survives on, writes Gideon Haigh

Tributes >>
Custodian in chief
Christian Ryan: Don Bradman's image may be that of a stodgy, almost puritanical man, but his grand love and care for the game's well-being were undeniable and would be useful now

The Long Room >>
The Don and I
Bradman was supposed to be cold and aloof, but that's not how he came across to a pilgrim from India 15 years ago. Two days before Bradman's centenary, Suresh Menon looks back to a meeting with the great man

Quote Unquote

I think those speed guns are a load of crap. Somehow the white ball goes faster - I bowled 83-84mph in the Test match, and 93mph in the one-dayers. It's crazy. I hadn't bowled a ball for ten days.

Steve Harmison has his doubts about the pace at which he's been bowling

Number Crunching

Did You Know?

The number of times Sri Lanka have lost four back-to-back ODIs at home. They have lost three against India in the current series, which is only the third such instance - the other two came against Pakistan in August 1994 and against England in October 2007