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The most-read articles on ESPNcricinfo and the Cricket Monthly in 202131-Dec-2021Cricket MonthlyNews1. IPL retention rules: old teams can keep four pl
Kuldeep spins a web around Mumbai Indians
He’s always been able to beat batters with flight and turn. Now he’s doing them in for pace tooShashank Kishore27-Mar-2022Six overs. Mumbai Indians 53
Timeline of Kohli's Test captaincy – World No.1, brain fade, and 36 all out
His seven-year stint as Test captain included unprecedented highs, the occasional low, as well as several flashpointsAlagappan Muthu15-Jan-2022A first
England reinvention can wait as Rob Key presents Test squad filled with raw materials
Familiar names and a handful of bolters will line up at Lord’s for McCullum’s appraisalAndrew Miller18-May-2022It was a case of mindset over matter as
Pooja Vastrakar once again proves she is the X-factor
The seam-bowling allrounder’s match-winning spell of 4 for 12 derailed Trailblazers’ chaseAnnesha Ghosh24-May-2022On the eve of the 2022 Women’s T20 C
Fitness, form present familiar dilemmas as England prepare to name first Test squad of new era
Jamie Overton, Harry Brook and Matthew Potts are among the contenders for selection on Wednesday morningAlan Gardner17-May-2022OpenersA perennial prob
Sri Lanka: merely lucky, or back to punching-above-weight ways?
In a match that swung wildly one way, then the other, the optimists among you had reason enough to believe this Sri Lanka team is resurgentAndrew Fide
Ollie Pope's penchant for a shot pays off against Proteas' thunderbolts
Sometimes you get away with flying a kite in lightningVithushan Ehantharajah17-Aug-2022Even on a day with only 32 overs of play, to see England 116 fo
The umpires I admired
Looking back to the days of Douglas Sang Hue, Col Egar and Charlie ElliottIan Chappell14-Aug-2022The untimely death of South African umpire Rudi Koert
Boult's choice a landmark moment in cricket's fast-evolving landscape
Neither the boards nor the ICC might want to say it, but cricket is rushing towards a tipping pointSidharth Monga10-Aug-20220:58Boult: Looking forward