Richard Dickinson - ARTICLES

July27

Ask The Spider #26

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This week we look at each Test team’s last 12 months’ activity, the nightwatchman who opened, the brothers who played for different teams, and a ODI “first”.

July14

Ask The Spider #24

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This week we look at the chance of 500 bringing you victory, Tendulkar’s boundary count, the Test scoring-rate, and the batsman who scored centuries in all sessions of a day.

July07

Ask The Spider #23

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This week we look at the oldest active cricketer, India’s top captains, the glovemen who have also worn the captain’s armband, and the century on consecutive days.

June24

Ask The Spider #21

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This week we look at the low strike-rates, the oldest current cricketer, the low totals, and the most successful captains in a variety of ways. Plus another World Cup XI.

June21

The thrill of the draw

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In recent times, there has been much talk of how to make Test cricket more “interesting”. Some worthy ideas have been mooted; some have talked of trying to produce more results. Yet some of the most exciting finishes to Test matches ended in draws.

June15

Ask The Spider #20

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This week we look at the most successful coin-tossers, continue the World Cup dream XI search, and look at 300+ scores in ODIs. And the debut centurions who never played again

June08

Ask The Spider #19

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This week we start on a quest to find the World Cup dream-teams, and also look at the most double-centuries in a Test series, the high no-result percentages, and more.

May27

Ask The Spider #18

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This week we look at the quickest to 100 100s, the ODI match doubles, the start of daynight ODIs, and individual feats in Tests since the end of the 20th-century.