https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025/11/22/i-cannot-take-this-stupid-england-team-seriously-anymore/

It’s incredibly tough to process that Sir Garry is gone. I’ve been looking back at the memories we shared over the years, from him handing me the Player of the Tournament trophy at the 2003 World Cup, to his warm words when he felicitated me for the century milestone. He was always so exceptionally gracious.

My mind keeps going back to when we caught up in London a few years ago. We were just sitting and chatting about the game, and it hits me so hard right now that it was the last time we’d ever meet.

He truly was the ‘One and Only’. Going to miss him immensely. Rest in peace, Sir Garry.

I don't know if anyone can beat this, at least not in next 10 years.

Watson seems pretty indifferent here towards ball tampering. Is interesting to read considering the scandal in 2018.

What do the rules say about batsman retaining stance before bowl being delivered and only switching later?

Since he became captain he is changed into a complete different guy, take a look on his stats :

As a player : 2797 runs, 34.5 avg, 1 100s

As a captain : 1196 runs, 54.4 avg, 4 100s

Kane Williamson had an avg of 54.1 but he is retired that's why he is not included in the list.

Edit- added their parameters and method of calculations

The shortlist * considering players with a double of 2000 runs and 100 wickets in Tests. * 36 players have achieved this to date. Of those, eliminated six who have crossed the threshold in their secondary discipline only because of their longevity. * The ones who average under 20 with the bat - Shane Warne, Anil Kumble, Stuart Broad, Harbhajan Singh and Tim Southee - and the only one with a 45-plus bowling average, Carl Hooper, have been discarded, narrowing it down to a list of 30.

Decoding the percentile calculation

• For the broader parameters, the percentile for each of the sub-categories is calculated, and then the mean of those gives us a final leaderboard with respect to all the players in the mentioned cut-off.
  • For example, for volume, the first broad category, the mean percentiles of the total runs scored and wickets taken have been calculated with respect to all the 3281 Test cricketers to date.
  • Sachin Tendulkar (15921) and Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets) top the respective charts. Kallis, who is the fourth-highest run-scorer in Tests (percentile: 83.47) and bagged 292 wickets (percentile: 36.5), tops the overall list here out of the 3281 players courtesy of his stellar double. By adding his two percentiles together and dividing by two, he comes out with a mean percentile of 59.99. This value ranks the highest among all 3281 players, and grants him a perfect score of 100.
• The calculations here are not based solely on ranks. It factors in the highest values for the players in that parameter and grants the percentiles relative to those values.
• The percentiles in parameters which feature just the 36 players grants a perfect 100 to the best in the set, and zero to the lowest one.

Table 1: All-rounder ranking parameters

Table 2: All-rounders (Top 5 by category)

**brackets indicate percentile scores*

Source article- https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/140537/the-greatest-test-all-rounder-who-wins-the-numbers-race-cricbuzzcom

Its just ridiculous to watch Ashes via JioHotstar with all the ads. The players are on top of it fully and half of the time it keeps bouncing. It gets worse when the show from the side cam. Is their any kind of regulations on such ad spaces ?

As Inspired from the other sports threads , what are some cricket related conspiracy theories which you absolutely believe?