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Ben Duckett reaches hundred with flat six over long-off
England started on a scintillating note after Ireland won the toss and opted to bowl, with Phil Salt hammering a half-century in...

From corridors of relevance to unenvisaged periphery, Jason Roy’s tale of two extremes
In 2010, the England and Wales Cricket Board pruned their domestic List A calendar featuring two competitions – one 50 overs-a-side, one...

How seam movement authored the Pallekele chapter of Asia Cup
Dimuth Karunaratne checkmarked the technical boxes. He took out a compact stride in line of the ball, presented the full face of...

Luckless Windies bump into an efficacious zealot
Luck is a crucial ingredient of sporting success apart from talent, hard work, preparation, tactical nous, execution skill, and fortitude. Losing captains...

How Smith combines convention and ingenuity to ace Test cricket
It was born out of expediency. In the middle of the 2013 Perth test, Smith began a sort of trudge across his...

Narrowed stance puts Zak Crawley’s house in order
The gunshot crack of leather on willow reverberated across Edgbaston. Zac Crawley’s authoritative cover drive off Pat Cummins on the very first...