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Zimbabwe and the lost batting stars
Zimbabwe have lost batting to dictators, a lack of games, associate status, England, and simply a lack of money.
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Zimbabwe have lost batting to dictators, a lack of games, associate status, England, and simply a lack of money.
Analysis
Are India suddenly bad against spin?
Analysis
Working out who the third-best spinner is might be like looking for the second-best batter ever. There are many candidates, but after a point it's about personal choice.
Download Hitwicket FREE for iOS/Android and build your dream team! Buy me a coffee The zombie ball was something that happened in a game a few years back where the obvious no ball was not given after a player was caught. The South African batters assumed the catch made
This should be the future of bilateral series – fact-finding missions with teams trying to get something important out of them, and old legspinners taking wickets.
Men's cricket
Greatness comes with a tax, and Kohli was paying it for a long time. Now, he gets to cash in.
England
Buy me a coffee This is the entire history of seam bowlers who have taken wickets over the age of 40. It’s a wild ride. Johnny Douglas is famous for being really fit, like abnormally so for a cricketer. He was an allrounder who took 1893 wickets in first-class
The stories and stats from the footmarks of world cricket.
Because of SKY's foot of God, India won a World Cup that they had deserved many times over the last 11 years.
Since the start of 2023, teams have won the toss and batted first 37% of the time, not not much more than a third. Yet, teams batting first have been winning at over 47%. There is a real disconnect here.
Shahid Afridi was not just another player, he was a time-traveller from the future.
When Jasprit Bumrah is at his best, you cannot play him. When he’s really bad, you still can’t.
The USA had a great bowler, and then, nothing for a very long time.
They even changed the name to the World Cup, after all those years of us calling it that when it wasn’t.
Looking at the well-known campaigns as well as the slightly forgotten ones with the lens of true values.
The ICC called the New York pitch a beautiful monster. They were half right.
New Zealand reached the semi-finals in Australia in 2022, the final in UAE in 2021, and the semi-finals in India in 2016. However, they have not been able to go on and win the title, like they have a glass ceiling keeping them down.
The good news is that no matter what you feel about England, they will be fun to watch whether they do well or flame out dramatically again.
Looking back at the best players in the first three editions of the T20 World Cup with the knowledge of today.
There will be no mention of the curse here