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Age shall not wither

Jul 20, 2016 - Misbah-ul-Haq's glorious Lord's century stood out as a magnificent aberration of an achievement for modern 40-plus cricketers

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Headleys, Comptons, and third-generation cricketers

Jun 25, 2016 - Cricket is replete with father-son duos, but grandfathers and grandsons are rarer

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Left-arm over and out

May 26, 2016 - England's long and steady supply of slow left-arm men seems to have dried up. In fact, the only real quality bowler of the type in world cricket currently seems to be Rangana Herath

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The perils of inter-era comparisons

Mar 26, 2016 - It is wrong to assume that the greats of past eras would not have been able to adapt to T20 cricket

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Double trouble

Feb 26, 2016 - When two England batsmen make 250-plus scores within a span of three months, it does result in interesting matches

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Carry on batting

Jan 10, 2016 - What was the greatest innings by a batsman carrying his bat?

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The strange power of the follow-on

Dec 26, 2015 - Is there an equivalent in any other sport to the humiliation of being asked to follow on?

Brian Close 1931-2015

Close to steel

Sep 16, 2015 - Brian Close was a player whose physical bravery was second to none

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Margin call

Jul 28, 2015 - Can a cricket team "bounce back" from a defeat by a margin of 405 runs? Logic and history suggest not

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Kept in reserve

Jun 4, 2015 - The job of reserve wicketkeeper has often been a frustrating one on tour