It was day five of the 2019-20 Rawalpindi Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and I was hanging about pointlessly in the press box with our Sri Lanka correspondent, Andrew Fidel Fernando.

Perhaps numbers never do reveal the full story, but they tell a large part of it. Every Friday, The Numbers Game will take a look at statistics from the present and the past, busting myths and ...

Few shots in cricket captivate quite like the cover drive. It is a stroke of exquisite timing and grace, a visual feast that can send crowds into raptures. Yet, beneath its aesthetic appeal lies a ...