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Jim Laker

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INTL CAREER: 1948 - 1959
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Does Dinesh Karthik hold the record for most ducks in the IPL?

Does Dinesh Karthik hold the record for most ducks in the IPL?

Also: how many players have scored a hundred and taken a hat-trick on the same day in first-class cricket?

25-Apr-2023•Steven Lynch
Which players have appeared in the most World Cup finals?

Which players have appeared in the most World Cup finals?

And has any team made more than England's 170 to win a T20I by ten wickets?

15-Nov-2022•Steven Lynch
What have been the most significant batting, bowling and all-round contributions in Test history?

What have been the most significant batting, bowling and all-round contributions in Test history?

Analysing the impact of teams and players on match results

11-Sep-2021•Anantha Narayanan
Why Steven Smith's 2019 Ashes batting performance is the greatest of all time in a series

Why Steven Smith's 2019 Ashes batting performance is the greatest of all time in a series

The best batting, bowling and all-round performances in series, ranked, taking into account opposition strength and the pitch conditions

10-Oct-2020•Anantha Narayanan
Have both openers ever been out first ball in a Test innings?

Have both openers ever been out first ball in a Test innings?

Also: has any cricket ground staged more than three Tests in a row?

11-Aug-2020•Steven Lynch
Bertie Buse's benefit match: 'It's one of those rough days, gentlemen'

Bertie Buse's benefit match: 'It's one of those rough days, gentlemen'

30 wickets fell on the first day to deprive Buse of his takings

25-Jun-2020•Paul Edwards
From the bank clerk to Botham: cricket's previous SPOTY winners

From the bank clerk to Botham: cricket's previous SPOTY winners

Ben Stokes became only the fifth cricketer to win the award on Sunday night

15-Dec-2019•Andrew Miller
Usman Khawaja's giant leap is good news for Australia

Usman Khawaja's giant leap is good news for Australia

Fingerspin has often been the team's downfall, and nearly was in Dubai, but Australia can be proud of what they achieved in the second innings

14-Oct-2018•Ian Chappell
The top 25 Test bowling performances of all time

The top 25 Test bowling performances of all time

A definitive list based on an exhaustive and thorough ratings system

30-Jun-2018•Anantha Narayanan
Two taking 20

Two taking 20

How many times has that happened in Tests?

19-Sep-2017•Steven Lynch
When Australia were spun dry

When Australia were spun dry

Their troubles in Bangladesh and India are just the most recent in a long line of horrors

07-Sep-2017•Daniel Brettig
Sailing with the stars

Sailing with the stars

A journey across the seas and time - with cricketers for company

01-Dec-2016•Zulfikar Ghose
'The wrist is a forgotten area of spin bowling'

'The wrist is a forgotten area of spin bowling'

Former England offspinner Pat Pocock recalls his career: escaping rioters in Guyana, being mentored by Jim Laker, and captaining Sylvester Clarke

03-Nov-2016•Interview by Scott Oliver
'It was just one of those days'

'It was just one of those days'

In the Test Trial of 1950 Jim Laker, who had been rejected by Yorkshire, returned to his home of Bradford and took the remarkable figures of 8 for 2

17-May-2016•Martin Williamson
When Laker skittled the Aussies

When Laker skittled the Aussies

Jim Laker's 19 wickets at Old Trafford in 1956 came close to being overshadowed by a row over the Old Trafford pitch

11-Jul-2015•Martin Williamson
Ashwin in the offspin pantheon

Ashwin in the offspin pantheon

He is among the most successful bowlers of his kind, and excitingly, his best may yet be ahead of him

09-Dec-2013•V Ramnarayan
Australia in danger of creating history

Australia in danger of creating history

At an iconic venue that has seen some remarkable feats, Australia could rewrite the record books this week but not how they would have liked

30-Jul-2013•Brydon Coverdale
The ghosts of 1956

The ghosts of 1956

Australia have been tentative against Swann's offspin. At Old Trafford, where history's greatest spin performance was delivered, they must watch out for him

30-Jul-2013•Ashley Mallett
Hymn to England's spin twins

Hymn to England's spin twins

The performance by Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann in Mumbai was one of the greatest slow-bowling double acts in England's history

26-Nov-2012•David Hopps
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