Wally Hammond

Stats highlights from England's convincing series win in Sri Lanka

Virat Kohli has top-scored for India in four out of six innings in the Test series so far, and that streak puts him among the all-time toppers in the list of batsmen who have top-scored most often

And which bowler has taken the most wickets for a single IPL team?

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

Test batting's most intriguing position has served as a home to all manner of batsmen, including the greatest of them all

Within days of World War II ending, England and Australia were meeting at Lord's

One of the game's more unusual comebacks involved the long-time BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew

The sad match in which one the game's greatest batsmen could barely get the ball off the square

Few tours have got off to a more controversial and acrimonious start than the first post-war Ashes series

The only batsman who could better Hammond's prolific run-making and his supreme skills on sticky wickets was Bradman

Solitary and often moody, Hammond was England's giant in the age of Bradman, and his figures bear testament to a career of mammoth achievements

If it weren't for one thing, we could today be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the greatest batsman of all time

England's all-time team has just two players from the last 30 years

One contemporary star lines up alongside greats including Hobbs, Hutton, Barnes and Larwood in England's side

A first-hand account of the famous timeless Test in Durban 70 years ago

Cricinfo reports on the tenth and final day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

Cricinfo reports on the ninth day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

Cricinfo reports on the fourth day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

A book on allrounders that brings together well-known facts and stats