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Players

Careers turn on small adjustments. This section follows players through form, injury, promotion and the technical changes that decide whether a good first season becomes a long career.

5 articles

Players

What changes when a batter moves up the order

Two positions higher means a harder ball, a fuller field and about ninety seconds less to think.

JUN 29, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Players

The wicketkeeper who bats, and the batter who keeps

Selecting a keeper for runs works right up until the moment it does not.

JUN 28, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Players

Coming back from a long injury layoff

The body heals on a timetable. Everything else takes longer.

JUN 28, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Players

The specialist spinner in a seam-friendly era

Bowling forty overs in a match where the ball swings all day is a strange and lonely job.

JUN 27, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments

Players

Young players and the second-season problem

The first season nobody has a plan for you. The second season everybody does.

JUN 27, 2026 1 MIN READ 0 comments