Men's cricket
Babar Azam and the toe of destiny
He was on the road to greatness with the bat, and now he can't even find a run on a road.
Men's cricket
He was on the road to greatness with the bat, and now he can't even find a run on a road.
Men's cricket
Download Hitwicket FREE for iOS/Android and build your dream team! Buy me a coffee Niaz Ahmed came in to bat at number 10 against England in 1969. It was his second Test and his first at home. He received a huge ovation from the home fans when he came
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Download Hitwicket FREE for iOS/Android and build your dream team! Buy me a coffee The Toronto Nationals won the 2024 Global T20 Canada. The tournament had one of the most farcical non-games in cricket history. It involved moving boundary lines, a one-over game, a forfeit, and most importantly, Shakib
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Zimbabwe have lost batting to dictators, a lack of games, associate status, England, and simply a lack of money.
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Are India suddenly bad against spin?
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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
The stories and stats from the footmarks of world cricket.
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.
Greatness comes with a tax, and Kohli was paying it for a long time. Now, he gets to cash in.
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
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.