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Running out a batter who is leaving his crease early is fair, period. And so-called bump catches ought to be ruled on by the on-field umpiresIan Chapp

Also: what’s the highest score by a batter in a final first-class game?Steven Lynch22-Jun-2021Heather Knight and Shafali Verma both missed out on cent

Teams visiting India plan extensively for the challenge of facing spin. Our correspondent wonders whether SA failed to plan just as hard for the pacer

Ireland’s hugely experienced debutants played a canny game, but the limits of their abilities had been revealed by the closeJarrod Kimber at Malahide1

Aakash Chopra analyses the various methods used by India’s bowlers to bowl Bangladesh out on a fifth-day pitch that was still quite good to bat onAaka

ESPNcricinfo picks five overseas players to watch out for as they prepare to make their IPL debutsAlagappan Muthu08-Apr-2016Travis Head – Royal Challe

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Apr-2015England used a review to the first ball of the day, which was turned down, but kept the pressure on in the opening exchan

Wisden 2014 gets stuck into the changes in the game’s administration, and picks Dale Steyn as the leading cricketer in the world, but skimps on fun fo

From Tim Wigmore, United Kingdom Cricinfo25-Feb-2013Will South Africa miss “the next Klusener’s” hitting down the order?© Getty ImagesHershelle Gib

Although South Africa had a minor hiccup in Durban, they were far too powerful for a Sri Lanka side that struggled to acclimatise to the conditionsMad