Sydney Barnes

A look at the best streaks of elite batters and bowlers versus the gold standard

Meet the innings specialists, the away artists, the conversion masters, the batting-order yo-yos, and more

Our panel picks a team of 12 players who never played a T20 but would take to the format with ease

The best batting, bowling and all-round performances in series, ranked, taking into account opposition strength and the pitch conditions

A look at how players did in the last 10% of their careers compared to the first 90%

How much better do Jadeja and Rabada perform at home than they do abroad? Do fast bowlers fare better in Asia than spinners? Can anybody touch Syd Barnes?

A look at the last ten Tests of players' careers, and how they compare with their averages through the rest of their careers

A measure to judge how good a bowler is, especially overseas

We remember the great New Zealand batsman. And look at Test records that have stood for 94 years and two months

New-ball partners, spin twins, pace-spin combos, duos drawn from quartets: doesn't matter, give us the finest pair of bowlers ever, we said to our panel, and they did just that

Sydney Barnes, the most feared bowler of them all, was a colourful, forbidding and often misunderstood character who wouldn't have been out of place in the modern game

Many consider Sydney Barnes the best bowler in Test history. Which bowlers match him?

Revisiting the forgotten art of medium-pace spin, purveyed a century ago to extraordinary effect by Sydney Barnes

An analysis of how well or poorly the leading Test bowlers started and finished their illustrious careers

England's all-time team has just two players from the last 30 years

One contemporary star lines up alongside greats including Hobbs, Hutton, Barnes and Larwood in England's side

A second batch of XI players from the past who would have excelled at Twenty20

David Frith speaks to former England bowler Sydney Barnes whose 49 wickets against South Africa in 1913-14 is still the record for most wickets in a series

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