Cricinfo - Magazine

Cricinfo Home

Magazine

Regulars

Specials

Opinion

Vaneisa Baksh	Sambit Bal
Daryll Cullinan	Ian Chappell
Peter English	Jayaditya Gupta
Gideon Haigh	Mukul Kesavan
Neil Manthorp	Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Dileep Premachandran	Andrew Miller
Peter Roebuck	Mark Richardson
Christian Ryan	Osman Samiuddin
Kumar Sangakkara	Rob Steen
John Stern	Martin Williamson
Guest Column

Reviews
- Books
- DVDs
- Misc

The Short Stuff

Regulars

Rewind to >>
A single-wicket scandal

An ungentlemanly game fuelled by heavy wagers and indviduals with sizeable egos. By Martin Williamson

Cricinfo XI >>
Batting through the pain barrier

Following the century Yuvraj scored with a troublesome back, a look at 11 batsmen who overcame injury to make their mark on a game

The List >>
Lucky leaders

The biggest winning and losing streaks, in Tests and ODIs, for captains starting out in the job

Ask Steven >>
Most wickets on debut, and most runs conceded

The best Test records in India, unlucky 87, winning a Test with the least damage, and lots and lots of Jason Krejza

All Today's Yesterdays >>
A moustache is born

November 23: Sledging, drinking, and the most famous moustache in modern cricket history - Merv Hughes, who was born today, is a true one-off

Reviews

Books >>
Same format, same class

In its third edition now, The Cricinfo Guide to International Cricket is a reliable and readable quick-reference tool for cricket over the next year

Quote Unquote

"If KP had done this book, he'd have put himself number one. He'd probably be numbers one to five just to cover all his skills."

Shane Warne's reply when asked whether Kevin Pietersen has gotten over the fact that he wasn't No. 1 in the list of top 100 cricketers in Warne's new book

More quotes: What Dhoni finds disgusting and disrespectful

Specials

Must-Read Books >>
The first word
Irving Rosenwater's book lacks Bradman's input. Maybe that's why it's the best of the biographies on the great man. By Gideon Haigh

Gleanings >>
'I've been lucky to be able to play like I do'
Lance Klusener talks to Sriram Veera about the Cronje years, fishing, finishing, and reinventing yourself

Features >>
Lahore Badshahs v Pakistan
Saad Shafqat dreams of a clash between the two teams that have brought Pakistan much joy over the last week, after months and months of agony brought by lack of cricket

Number Crunching

Did You Know?

Andrew Symonds got eight runs off one ball during the first day of the ongoing Brisbane Test against New Zealand. Symonds pulled a delivery towards the midwicket boundary. Symonds and Michael Clarke ran four for the hit, and Brendon McCullum, shying at the stumps, gave away four overthrows.