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Boom and bust
Are some batters really boom or bust?
Zak Crawley is meant to be feast or famine, Glenn Maxwell all or nothing, and Mohammad Rizwan the model of consistency. We went through more than 190,000 innings to see whether batters keep the reputations they're given.
The toss
How much does winning the toss matter?
Captains agonise over it and commentators pick it apart. We went through 895 men's Tests and 2,576 ODIs to find what calling right is worth, where it counts, and whether bowling first is a mistake.
The Hundred 2026
The six best players The Hundred didn't sign
A 13-ball fifty, an average of 39 that nobody bid for, and a 44-year-old taking a wicket every thirteen balls. Six English cricketers The Hundred could have signed for 2026 without spending an overseas slot, and what the auction walked past.
IPL 2027 auction
IPL 2027 auction bargains: 10 players hiding in plain sight
A strike rate of 222 and still no IPL auction deal. Ten potential bargains for the IPL 2027 auction, from Aneurin Donald and Mitchell Owen to Steve Smith, and why franchises could walk past them.