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From our readers

Carpets and corridors: 11 expressions from the cricketing world

Srinivas S

Which of these terms frequently used by cricket commentators is your favourite?

Malcolm Marshall and his two Ms - my most prized possession

Samarth Shah

Nobody in the past 20 years has gotten an autograph from Malcolm Marshall, and nobody ever again will

When Nawaz Sharif, John Major and Bob Hawke played cricket in Harare

Masud Mahdi

A look back to 30 years ago, when a handful of world leaders put on whites for charity

Cook to Price: A Test XI of common nouns

Harish Rajaraman SA and Srinivas S

An unusual list which includes champion players from the past as well as present

Of great batsmen and their unforgettable bat labels: a romance to remember

Siddhartha R and Srinivas S

Bat labels get as firmly stuck in the memory as gorgeous shots from bat-holders

Coping with the absence of live cricket

Abhijato Sensarma

A 17-year old reader is digging deep into the archives and learns about life through the game

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YOUR SHOTS

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Shahid Mushtaq: Kids playing cricket surrounded by wild tulips in Pampore, Kashmir
Gaurav Sethi: The shattered dreams of a batsman at Varanasi's Mahanirvani Ghat in November 2017
Mahmudul Hoque Moni: Will the batsman beat the field? A cricket game during a hot and humid afternoon in Dhaka
Krutik Thakur: This ball's got sunshine on it, Dahanu, Maharashtra
David Hemmet: The bowler's got style in this game of cricket near the Round Tower in Copenhagen
Amal Dev: Plenty of trees to stop the ball in Pampady village in Kerala
Sarker M Hasnat Lenin: Seafarers from five different countries play cricket in the cargo hold of a ship in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean
Akib Rahman: A trick shot to play gully cricket in these times
Helen Spencer: Cricket on the sidelines of an expedition in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, in early February of 2020
Abhishek Dawas: A dog dreaming about Glenn McGrath's accuracy at IIT Ropar?
Nadeem Ahmad: Play before the start of the day's work for shoeshine boys in Delhi's Connaught Place
Bayazid Amin: It's in the slot, the batsman's ready, where will the ball end up? A cricket scene from St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh
Maulik Nathavani: A red bat and yellow stumps in the blue city of Jodhpur
Khan Mumtaz: A cracking shot on the streets of Kabul
Charudatt Prabhu: An intense game on in India's Western Ghats, with twigs for stumps
Phil Burns: The bails are off in a game-changing stumping in Mount Waverly, Melbourne
Ashik Mahmud: The world might pass you by, but nothing's more important than the cricket. A street scene from Dhaka
Vasim Dalwai: Good luck getting past that ring field, Chiplun, India
Rahul Chowdhury: Is there anything behind the line? A tough one for the umpires from the streets of Dhaka
Vishal Kapoor: Cricket in the cornfields of Iowa City, USA
Chathuranga Nayanajith: Cricket with coconut trees as company at Kalametiya beach
Habib Pranto: Who says you need a vehicle to drive on the road?
Saravanan Chandrasekaran: Kids find space for plastic-ball cricket amid the parked two-wheelers on a busy street in Chennai
Sathya R: Hills behind and the sea in your sight while batting at Varkala beach in Kerala
Prashant Sharma: Evading a short ball or an uppercut gone wrong? A fun game of cricket in Goa
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FAN FOLLOWING

First-person reports from the stands

Bengali bonding as Eden Gardens goes pink

A Bangladesh fan revels in the joyous atmosphere at the first day-night Test in India, despite a familiar tale of disappointment

Rohit wows after ticket woes

A Jharkhand lad decided to attend the latest weekend of Test cricket in Ranchi, and got to enjoy the Rohit Sharma show

Fan report - World Cup heartbreak in a college campus - India vs Australia, World Cup final, 2023 by Abhijato Sensarma

A university student watches the 2023 final with his peers, but there is only disappointment to bond over

India vs Australia, ICC cricket World Cup 2023 - A hard-fought home-team win to savour by Sudhindra Prasad

A fan watches his side go head to head with Australia and comes away with renewed admiration for them

Fan report - Knock-off t-shirts and DRS charades at Pujara's 100th - India vs Australia, Delhi, 2023 by Abhijato Sensarma

A fan watches the Delhi Test and comes away entertained and with insights into human behaviour

Fan report - Signatures, selfies, smiles... on a solo debut by Abir Bordia

A day out at the Hundred through the eyes of a 12-year-old fan

Sweating buckets, raining sixes - a fan watches India in Florida by Rahul Oak

At Central Broward Park, the weather is beastly but the cricket is thrilling

England vs India 2021 - 4th Test - The moments that made the memories at the Heart of Cricket by Amit Bordia

How India's historic win at The Oval reaffirmed the joy of Test cricket for this fan

Eng vs Ind 2021 - 2nd Test - Fan Following - Celebrating the Indian Independence Day at Lord's by Amit Bordia

There was no drama at the stadium, just heaps of fight and delight as two evenly-matched teams went at each other.

The Hundred's opening night - New and weird, but a strangely satisfying experience by Tawhid Qureshi

A county regular made it to The Oval for the opening night of the Hundred. Would it end up as an "I Was There" moment?

Eng vs NZ 1st Test - A Lord's celebration marred by England's lack of will to win by Tawhid Qureshi

Day five of the first Test was such a contrast to the last time England and New Zealand had played at Lord's - in the 2019 World Cup final

Live at The Oval with a crowd - an occasion to savour despite the cricket by Tawhid Qureshi

A truncated day's play at The Oval, coupled with Surrey's collapse, took a bit of sheen away from a day most memorable

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YOUR SHOTS

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Shahid Mushtaq: Kids playing cricket surrounded by wild tulips in Pampore, Kashmir
Gaurav Sethi: The shattered dreams of a batsman at Varanasi's Mahanirvani Ghat in November 2017
Mahmudul Hoque Moni: Will the batsman beat the field? A cricket game during a hot and humid afternoon in Dhaka
Krutik Thakur: This ball's got sunshine on it, Dahanu, Maharashtra
David Hemmet: The bowler's got style in this game of cricket near the Round Tower in Copenhagen
Amal Dev: Plenty of trees to stop the ball in Pampady village in Kerala
Sarker M Hasnat Lenin: Seafarers from five different countries play cricket in the cargo hold of a ship in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean
Akib Rahman: A trick shot to play gully cricket in these times
Helen Spencer: Cricket on the sidelines of an expedition in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, in early February of 2020
Abhishek Dawas: A dog dreaming about Glenn McGrath's accuracy at IIT Ropar?
Nadeem Ahmad: Play before the start of the day's work for shoeshine boys in Delhi's Connaught Place
Bayazid Amin: It's in the slot, the batsman's ready, where will the ball end up? A cricket scene from St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh
Maulik Nathavani: A red bat and yellow stumps in the blue city of Jodhpur
Khan Mumtaz: A cracking shot on the streets of Kabul
Charudatt Prabhu: An intense game on in India's Western Ghats, with twigs for stumps
Phil Burns: The bails are off in a game-changing stumping in Mount Waverly, Melbourne
Ashik Mahmud: The world might pass you by, but nothing's more important than the cricket. A street scene from Dhaka
Vasim Dalwai: Good luck getting past that ring field, Chiplun, India
Rahul Chowdhury: Is there anything behind the line? A tough one for the umpires from the streets of Dhaka
Vishal Kapoor: Cricket in the cornfields of Iowa City, USA
Chathuranga Nayanajith: Cricket with coconut trees as company at Kalametiya beach
Habib Pranto: Who says you need a vehicle to drive on the road?
Saravanan Chandrasekaran: Kids find space for plastic-ball cricket amid the parked two-wheelers on a busy street in Chennai
Sathya R: Hills behind and the sea in your sight while batting at Varkala beach in Kerala
Prashant Sharma: Evading a short ball or an uppercut gone wrong? A fun game of cricket in Goa
Saad Siddiqui: Left-arm around the wicket... tape-ball cricket in Hunza, Pakistan
Protim Mondol: The light's fading, but the batsman looks to be in control
Gopal Paul: Bad light doesn't stop play at a beach on Mousuni Island, West Bengal
This windy meadow with the Himalayas in the backdrop makes for a great setting for a game in Lohajung, Uttarakhand
Yuvraj Samant: A Sunday morning match on the streets of Jaipur
Andrew Walton: A relaxing day at the beach? Not for this close-in fielder
Sumeet Gulati: The beautiful Brockton Oval in Vancouver hosts an over-40s league game
Swadhin Pradhan: The sixer under the mango trees
Jamiul Adnan: The presence of a keeper doesn't deter the batsman from charging out to pierce the gap between the fielders lined up on the boundary
Nathan Mahendra: Wouldn't you love to bat with just one stump to defend and a mist-laden mountain range in your sight?
Mark Jonkman: The Royal Hague Cricket and Football Club celebrated its 140th anniversary with a beach cricket tournament
Alan Childs: A student mountain bike tour breaks for lunch and a game of cricket
Romain Bernard: Non-striker caught ball-watching? Kids play cricket in a park in the French city of Nantes
Arjun Sathyanarayana Prasad: Expecting a flier? Indians and Pakistanis play cricket on an old airport runway in Berlin
Salman Mahmood Qazi: A Dilscoop? A late cut? Or would you play it straight in this alley in Lahore's Walled City?
Waqar Younus: UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh find time for cricket in DR Congo
Muhammad Shoaib: Cricket during the jeep rally season in the Cholistan Desert
Tushar Khandelwal: A south Goa resort. A golf course near the Arabian Sea. What do we tax professionals do? Play cricket
Aniruddha Chaware: The cricket starts early in the day for these kids in Alibaug
Austin Pias Adhikari: Dhaka's under-construction metro rail project provides space for a game of cricket
Ravendran Arunothayan: The Taj Mahal is in the background, but all eyes are on the ball in this game in Agra
Nazly Ahmed: What intensity in this contest on the streets of Colombo
Srinath Anand: Fog doesn't stop play in Nashua, New Hampshire
Varun Luthra: A day before the construction begins for the new home, children made sure they didn't lose the opportunity for one final time on their favourite pitch in Zirakpur, Punjab
Malcolm Stephens : Children playing cricket in the Himalayas at the outskirts of Pangong Lake, Ladakh
Ganesh Setti: When it snows, we say no to office or school but not to cricket @Morrisville, USA
Anand Santanakrishnan: Pyjama cricket? A child whacks the ball back towards the bowler
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#REPORT

The story of the match in your tweets

'Virat Kohli, why don't you admit you're an alien?'

Reactions to Virat Kohli's record-equalling hundred during India's chase in Pune

Twitter reacts to de Villiers and Kohli's record stand: 'Like Ronaldo and Messi on the same team!'

How Twitter reacted to AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli putting on the biggest stand in T20 cricket

#WT20InATweet: A mayhem of joy

ESPNcricinfo's readers try to sum up the World T20 in a tweet

Reactions to Stokes' final over: 'Ben Stokes is still my hero'

Reactions to Ben Stokes conceding 24 in the final over of the World T20 final

Tweet report - 'Beat anyone, but not us'

The match in which England nearly slipped on an Afghanistan banana skin, in tweets

Tweet report - 'West Indies win with Chris Gayle to spare'

A rundown of the World T20 match between Sri Lanka and West Indies, in tweets

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Tony Revolori and Haseeb Hameed

One played the role of Zero Moustafa as a teenager, the other will hope to stay clear of zeros in his international career.

Doppelgangers: Adam Driver and Ishant Sharma

Doppelgangers: Damien Fleming and Ethan Hawke

Doppelgangers: Faf du Plessis and Michael Fassbender

Doppelgangers: Cheteshwar Pujara and Joel Parkinson

Doppelgangers: Lionel Messi and Yasir Shah

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