Keith Miller – Prehensile and Acrobatic Character
The Test Match series which begins this week between South Africa and Australia may give Keith Miller the chance to show whether he is a star or a meteor. This New South Wales cricketer and athlete, now at the...
Sir Donald Bradman – Greatest Cricketer of All Time
This article was published at the death of Sir Donald Bradman in 2001. The greatest Australian cricketer of all time, and in the eyes of many the greatest cricketer from any country, has died at the age of 92....
Archie Jackson – A Graceful and Elegant batsman
New South Wales Had Archie Jackson, who wished him to live a longer life. He was born on September 05, 1909, in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. At the tragically young age of 23, Jackson died from tuberculosis, leaving only traces...
Bill Brown – The Member of Bradman’s Invincible Team
'Invincible' Bill Brown one of the last of the famous Australian Invincible side of 1948, died on March 16, 2008, at the age of 95 in a nursing home in Brisbane. Former Australian Test captain Steve Waugh led the...
Dean Jones – Australian Prolific Runs Getter in 1990’s
Australian right-hand batsman Dean Jones was born on March 24, 1961, at Coburg. The Dean Mervyn Jones made his first-class debut for Victoria in 1981-82 season. At that time, he is the only Victorian cricketer who scored more than...
Ray Lindwall – Australian Premier Fast Bowler 1946–60
Australian Ray Lindwall raised the standard for fast bowlers in the ten years after the Second World War. Ray Lindwall represented Australia in 61 Tests from 1946-47 to 1960. Raymond Russell Lindwall was born on October 3, 1921, in...
Bob Simpson Bittersweet Summary of Guyana
Bob Simpson Bittersweet Summary of Guyana - Its history & its cricket. It is hardly a vision to conjure up area delights or even enjoyable stays, yet in so many ways. It is a contradiction ‘Often the country is...
Victor Trumper – The Super Star of Golden Age of Cricket
Australia has produced many great players for International cricket. Many of them are no more in this world, but their name is ever the part of cricket history due to their glorious services to the game. Among them is...
Keith Miller A Genuine All Rounder 1946-1956
If the sole criterion of a genuine all-rounder were glamour, Keith Miller might have come out number one. He did the things that make cricket most interesting to the masses and bowled fast. His ability to hit the ball...
David Hookes Sensational Summer of 1982-83
WHAT a sensational season David Hookes is having. Centuries and half-centuries flowed from his bat; he earned plaudits for requesting that the obstructing-the-field decision against Ian Botham be reversed, and fell foul of the umpires in a club match...