Siddle takes it slow

Nov 2, 2009: When he first came on the scene he was called the new Merv Hughes. Now Australia's meanest new quick is looking to add patience and consistency to his mix

The clown who came back

Oct 27, 2009: Spinner, jester, all-round "Marmite personality", Graeme Swann talks about how his wings were unclipped and he returned from the county wilderness

'I want to be Pakistan's go-to guy'

Oct 8, 2009: At 15 he was a prodigy turned cricket casualty. Two years on, he's Pakistan cricket's next big thing

The keeper who could be KP

Sep 20, 2009: Somerset's wicketkeeper is a South African import who Marcus Trescothick thinks is the real deal

Butler bounces back

Sep 10, 2009: He's gone from young fast bowler to injury casualty to allrounder. Now Ian Butler's back to the big time, and he's still got time on his side

Mahes Goonatilleke

The one that got away

Sep 5, 2009: He was perhaps the best wicketkeeper Sri Lanka produced; but five Tests was all he played

Rangana Herath

Out of the shadows

Aug 8, 2009: He's spent 10 years playing a game here, a game there, up against the most prolific wicket-taker of them all. Now Rangana Herath may just be coming into his own

The anonymous Mr Hauritz

Jul 26, 2009: Australia's key bowler in this Ashes is a "no-hoper" turned show stealer who now knows "300 times more" about his craft than he did scant months ago

Dilshan's ascent

Jun 25, 2009: Sri Lanka's prolific opener used to be a bits-and-pieces player before he discovered his mojo, got a lock on the batting slot he wanted, and stamped his patent on the most talked-about new stroke in cricket

Wayne Parnell

Boy wonder

Jun 18, 2009: He has been marked for big things since he was 15; days short of 20th birthday he has announced himself for all to see

Umar Gul

Tall, sharp and uncomplicated

Jun 13, 2009: He doesn't fail dope tests, he doesn't fight team-mates or officials, he just runs up, bowls - damn well - and goes away

Eoin Morgan

Switching colours, switching hits

May 21, 2009: He's got all the shots and then some, and now he's got a bigger, better platform to showcase them on

Yusuf Abdulla

In the end, the beginning

Apr 30, 2009: Kings XI Punjab's leading wicket-taker's summer really took off only after it was almost over

Hamid Hassan

From Bati'Kot to the big time

Apr 15, 2009: He picked up a bat as a refugee in Pakistan and Hamid Hassan's life has been cricket, cricket, cricket ever since

Roelof van der Merwe

Party dawg turns bulldog

Apr 11, 2009: How South Africa's bright new all-round hope got serious and got going

Imraan Khan

Laying claim to the room at the top

Mar 18, 2009: An exciting new left-hander of Indian origin may just be the answer to South Africa's opener crisis

Emma Sampson

The might of Sampson

Mar 6, 2009: One of the world's fastest women bowlers is raring to get going at her first World Cup

Ben Hilfenhaus

Heaven can wait

Feb 26, 2009: He's done the hard yards and bided his time; his chance may finally have arrived

Ajantha Mendis

The boy who became an enigma

Feb 19, 2009: Sri Lanka's new spin wizard has been one of the revelations of 2008, but he's no overnight sensation

Shakib Al Hasan

From Magura to No. 1

Feb 6, 2009: The world's top-ranked allrounder is a Bangladeshi who has oodles of self-belief to go with his undoubted talent

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