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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
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
Sep 20, 2009: Somerset's wicketkeeper is a South African import who Marcus Trescothick thinks is the real deal
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
Sep 5, 2009: He was perhaps the best wicketkeeper Sri Lanka produced; but five Tests was all he played
Rangana Herath
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
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
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
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
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
Apr 30, 2009: Kings XI Punjab's leading wicket-taker's summer really took off only after it was almost over
Hamid Hassan
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
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
Mar 6, 2009: One of the world's fastest women bowlers is raring to get going at her first World Cup
Ben Hilfenhaus
Feb 26, 2009: He's done the hard yards and bided his time; his chance may finally have arrived
Ajantha Mendis
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
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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