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Questions leading into the third test 1. Who will actually be fit to play for New Zealand? There is talk that Kane Williamson, Henry Nic...

It's a fascinating question - at least two out of 4 spinners who have been very successful in limited over cricket are likely to make th...

Mitchell Santner ran in to bowl in his typically graceful manner. He bowled slightly short of a good length, and the ball skidded off the p...

Mark Craig in action In the first two tests in this series, Mark Craig looked like one of the worst spin bowlers to ever wear the black ...

I've been asked by a few people what I think about picking Daniel Vettori for the 3rd test in Sharjah. So I've pulled some numbers f...

Earlier this year the Australian selectors picked Ashton Agar as their 13th player picked as a spin bowler in 5 years. Some of the names inc...

The important old ball England retained the Ashes by securing a draw in the 3rd match at Old Trafford, and then won the series by winning...

A couple of years ago I wrote a post about Daniel Vettori , showing that he was much more effective in the first innings than in the second ...

Possibly not the most balanced field in an ODI. In a couple of days, New Zealand and South Africa will play an ODI...

I recently read a (typically) good piece by Ant Sims about Dale Steyn. Some of the numbers that she came up with were very impressive. It...

© WICB Media - Pal Pillai I had intended to write a profile on Badree before the tournament started, but school work got in the road. S...

In July this year, Elias Sunny became the first person to be named man of the match on debut in two different formats when he took 5/13 agai...

When talking about Mendis, the first name that comes to mind for modern cricket fans is Ajantha, the mystery spinner. For slightly older fan...

I feels odd to be talking about a match in USA. Despite the fact that USA is actually a much bigger cricket audience than people realise, it...

I've recently watched the movie Moneyball. The idea of a killer stat is interesting, and it is interesting if such a thing exists in cri...

In 1950 the West Indies toured England. Surprisingly they picked two unknown spinners in their squad, Sonny Ramadhin (a right arm off-spinne...

The two top performing sides from last year meet in a mouthwatering match up. The attacking England vs the conservative Pakistan. It seems l...

I have been impressed with Divendra Bishoo. He looks like the real deal. Not many statisticians would say that after he had just bowled 45...

In the modern game (the era of covered pitches) the role of a spinner has often been to come in when the pitch is starting to break up and b...