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Cricinfo XI >>
Meaty in the middle

As the end of India's famed middle order, the Fab Four, is closer than it has ever been, we take a look at some other middle orders that dominated bowling attacks. By Mathew Varghese

The List >>
Numerously number one

Virender Sehwag and Kevin Pietersen both topped the run-scorers' lists for the fifth time in a series each recently. We look at players who led the runs and wickets charts in a series most often

Ask Steven >>
Centuries before lunch, and most Twenty20 runs

The most run-outs in ODIs, the most consecutive Tests as captain

The Week That Was >>
Attack of the Red Thread

Grass under threat, another record for Lara, overpriced Ashes tickets, and Bumble's quest to regain his Test cap. By Nishi Narayanan

All Today's Yesterdays >>
Who writes your scripts?

August 21: Ian Botham makes a sensational comeback, and Doug Wright is born

Reviews

Books >>
A journey, darkly

The backdrop to Joseph O'Neill's acclaimed new novel is New York's seedy cricket subculture, where the search for meaning is deceptively infectious, if ultimately futile. By Andrew Miller

Specials

I Was There
Murphy must have approved

Selectorial troubles, injuries to major players; the three Ws and the opposition spinners at top of their games. When all that could go wrong for England did, against West Indies in the summer of 1950. By Trevor Bailey

Interviews >>
'You need to be hard sometimes'
Steve Rixon shares insights from a career in which he made a speciality of cracking tough nuts and getting hard cases to toe the party line. Interview by Sriram Veera

Must-Read Books >>
In the name of the father
John Arlott wasn't perfect and his son's account of his life readily admits so, presenting a realistic profile that is an act of both love and courage. By David Frith

Quote Unquote

"I've done a billion photo shoots, but it's always with my clothes on."

Brett Lee refuses to model his new underwear range

Number Crunching

19

The number of ODIs India have won against Sri Lanka since the start of 2000; they have lost 17, while five matches have ended without result

Opinion

Peter Roebuck >>
Stumps for Sourav

For the Indian middle order, it has become a matter of survival, and Ganguly is the most vulnerable. If his time is indeed up, he will leave behind a rich legacy

Christian Ryan >>
Can bat, can bowl, can't write

All too few top-level players have the writing skills to match. So why are they increasingly making inroads into the cricket media?

Audio

Bowl at Boycs >>
'Imran's leadership set him apart'

Geoffrey Boycott on the great allrounders of the 1980s, how to play Mendis, and the direction of Kevin Pietersen's England

The Short Stuff

Photographic Memory >>
Telling off the toffs

Fanie de Villiers red-cards the egg-and-bacon-tie brigade

Golden Pairs >>
Fire v fire

Rajan Bala wants to watch Bradman and Richards up against Thomson and Chandra

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