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Dream Team
Thu, July 27 2017
The hyphenated XI: Sartre, double-barrelled surnames, and all that
These are the 11 most accomplished cricketers with hyphens in their names, not the 11 most spectacular names.
Thu, July 13 2017
Alphabetical XI Appendix: The small-sample Side
CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta has now formed a XI out of the men who were dropped from Alphabetical XI because they did not play too many Test matches.
Mon, July 10 2017
The Q-U-X-Z XI: A brilliant spin attack
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with the unusual letters Q, U, X and Z, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta finds a side with an unusually strong spin attack.
Sat, July 08 2017
The Y’s: Small pool, some brilliant men
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with Y, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta finds some extraordinary cricketers from a very small pool.
Thu, July 06 2017
The W’s: The stellar trinity and more
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with W, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta wades knee deep in a pool of extraordinary talent.
Tue, July 18 2017
No Sachin Tendulkar in Alastair Cook’s All-Time XI
Alastair Cook is the only cricketer in vicinity to overhaul Sachin Tendulkar's tally of 15,921 Test runs.
Thu, July 06 2017
The V’s: Solid batting, quality bowling, two mammoth names
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with V, CricketCountry Arunabha Sengupta finds himself forced to leave out a few quality spinners.
Sat, July 15 2017
The T’s: Terrific batting, terrifying bowling
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with T, Arunabha Sengupta comes across magical names.
Fri, July 14 2017
The S’s: Spoilt for choice from a simply superb squad
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with S, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta is spoilt for choice from a simply superb squad.
Sun, July 02 2017
The R’s: Superb batting and versatile bowling from a problem of plenty
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with R, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta has to pick and choose from a number of superlative cricketers to have played the game.