England’s high-risk approach to batting erupted in match-turning splatters of wickets

England’s starts to series under Brendon McCullum have differed starkly from the tourists’ Ashes record

England’s bowlers have proved their worth at times this summer

Andy Zaltzman celebrates the growth of international cricket in the past decade

Mountainous run-scoring mixed with bowling magnificence made for a heady concoction of cricketing stats

In this draw-averse age, a narrow first-innings gap between teams generally concocts an interesting narrative

Joe Root is currently in one of the purplest patches of his magnificent, record-breaking, career

Sunday Stat: In the first Test, India became the first team in first-class cricket history to score five centuries and six ducks in a match. In the second Test, England became the first team in first-class history (which contains more than 60,000 matches and more than 200,000 innings) with six ducks and two 150-plus scores in the same innings, and the first to post a score in excess of 400 despite six players being out for nought.

Stats like big Buts… and they can, and sometimes do, lie

Andy Zaltzman pores over the stats from the World Test Championship

Cricket should rejoice that a competition which must be improved has still achieved something of what it set out to achieve

ODI cricket has graduated from overkill to underkill, stripped of anticipation and no discernible narrative between its tournaments

Bennett’s 139 for Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge was the fourth-highest score by a player aged 21 or younger in a men’s Test

Despite a late-career slump, the Indian cricketer is retiring with legendary status

Andy Zaltzman on what we’ve learned so far