England

Everybody knows that Ranji Trophy is the major national cricket tournament in India. It started in 1934-35 and was named as a tribute to the great batsman. The most famous Ranjit Sinhji Vibhaji Jam Sahib of Nawanagar represented Cambridge...

The second of three generations of first-class cricketers, Michael Colin Cowdrey was born on 24 December 1932 at Putumala, India. His father Ernest made one first-class appearance for Europeans in the Bombay Quadrangular Tournament in 1926-2. His sons, Chris...

How to Crick your Neck? - Ted Dexter takes issue with what he considers a foolish piece of advice to batsmen. The age-old argument about coaching — too little or too much — remains unresolved. Certainly, there have been...

England right-arm off-spinner Jim McConnon was born on 21 June 1922 at Burnopfield, Durham. He was a right-hand batsman who played for Glamorgan and England. Jim McConnon died on January 26, 2003at his home in Altrincham, at the age...

Paul Gibb touring India with the 1953-54 commonwealth teams is playing more golf and squash than cricket. But he goes on recording the antics of the players while the second Test match gets underway. We had a brief cricket...

The Infamous Mike Gatting and Shakoor Rana Incident - England team arrived in the middle of October 2000 for a tour of Pakistan. It was the first since the Mike Gatting famous brawl with umpire Shakoor Rana during the...

Herbert Sutcliffe was one of England’s toughest cricketers. He said he wasn’t as good as Jack Hobbs, with whom he formed a famous Test match opening partnership, Wally Hammond or Len Hutton. But he had amazing powers of concentration and tenacity and...

Introduction Former England medium-fast bowler Peter Martin was born on 15 November 1968 in Accrington, Lancashire. His nickname is “Digger” who played in 20 ODI’s and 8 Test matches for England from 1995 to 1998.  Peter Martin primarily a tall...

England off-spinner Jim Laker was interviewed by John Reason for The Cricketer, England in 1966. We reproduce below Jim Laker’s views on the match and unsurpassable record as it makes interesting reading. On the day before the match, we went...

Denis Compton was as glamorous a cricketer as England has ever possessed. He played in a style that captivated the crowds, last-second sweeps blending with sumptuous cover drives. And there was a devil-may-care attitude to everything he did that...