Teams

Man you are too slow - Sobers takes a violent tilt at the author, misses and the ball is collected in a Sheffield Shield game. Some of his knocks for South Australia are part of the folklore.

Man You Are Too Slow

April 30, 2025

Peter Roebuck on Gary Sobers(excerpt from Sportstar July 27, 1985)

Peter Roebuck on Gary Sobers

April 30, 2025

India v Zimbabwe Match at Ahmadabad 1987 Reliance World Cup. Kevin Arnott played a sheet-anchor role collecting his 60 runs with methodical efficiency and Kapil finally had him.

India v Zimbabwe Match at Ahmadabad 1987 Reliance World Cup

April 30, 2025

Freeloaders play havoc with match

Freeloaders play havoc with match

April 30, 2025

India vs Pakistan Test Series 1960-61

India vs Pakistan Test Series 1960-61

April 29, 2025

Alf Gover first-class career has lasted for 20 years. He made his debut in 1928 and in the subsequent 362 matches. he was one of the oldest Test cricketers.

Alf Gover: England Medium Fast Bowler 1908-2001

April 29, 2025

Peter Burge played 42 Tests between 1954-55 and 1965-66, scoring 2,290 runs at 38.16 with four hundred. He was a popular and extremely respected figure.

Peter Burge – Fantastic Wicket Keeper of 1950’s

April 29, 2025

Jacques Kallis fast-medium bowling may have been his second-string but from 1998 to 2008 he averaged 22 wickets a year in Tests as well as 875 runs.

Jacques Kallis – Greatest All-Rounder of All Time

April 28, 2025

Frank Woolley was one of the finest all- rounder’s, a left-hand batsman and left-arm medium or slow left-arm orthodox bowler, produced by England.

Frank Woolley – A Genuine All Rounder of Early 19th Century

April 28, 2025

Nazar Muhammad was perhaps, the most outstanding opening batsman among those who served Pakistan in the country’s early days in Test cricket.

Nazar Muhammad – Pakistan First Test Centurion

April 28, 2025

Aamer Malik was one-time Pakistan opening batsman, useful right-arm fast-medium bowler, and valuable emergency wicketkeeper.

Aamer Malik – A Batsman, Bowler and Wicket Keeper

April 28, 2025

Ind vs WI First Test 1958-59 at Delhi

Ind vs WI First Test 1958-59 at Delhi

April 27, 2025

Sri Lanka lost the title at the 1999 World Cup in England. And the Arjuna Ranatunga was sacked after leading his team in a record 193 one-dayers.

Arjuna Ranatunga – Historical Series Win in Pakistan 1995-96

April 27, 2025

The Last Minute by Harsha Bhogle: There is only one kind of minute in our cricket: the last but that one.

The Last Minute

April 27, 2025

Geoff Boycott - a wave of admiration for my partner, wiry, slight, dedicated, a lonely man doing a lonely job all these years

Sid Fielden says: ‘I have seen this man do the most fantastic things

April 26, 2025

David Steele 8 Tests for England, making 50, 45, 73, 92, 39 and 66 against the Australians after being called up at the age of 33.

The Sergeant David Steele

April 26, 2025

Life After Clive Lloyd

Life after Clive Lloyd

April 26, 2025

The Ashes Test at Lords 1972 and England players involved in that series maintain there was something odd about those amazing performances by Bob Massie.

The Ashes Test at Lords 1972. Sixteen wickets and Ted Dexter’s

April 25, 2025

Archie Jackson – A Graceful and Elegant batsman

April 25, 2025

Adelaide in 1960s

Adelaide in the 1960s – Most Relaxed and Peaceful City

April 25, 2025

Nari Contractor whose Test career was cruelly cut short this day and around this time in 1962 when he was struck on the skull by a short delivery from Charlie Griffith in the Indian's colony game against Barbados.

Nari Contractor: A Courageous Captain

April 25, 2025

Denis Atkinson Batsman Denis Atkinson

Denis Atkinson – Senior Partner of Highest 7th Wicket Partnership in Test History

April 24, 2025

Brian Lara born on 2 May 1969 in Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad. Sachin Tendulkar’s international career may have been half as long again as Lara’s.

Brian Lara – Greatest Batsman of All Time

April 24, 2025

Three Ws' of West Indies cricket has been greatest ever Test cricketer. Incidentally they all belonged to Barbados, all made their Test debut in same series

Who were the Three Ws’ of West Indies cricket?

April 24, 2025

Charm of Beating Pakistan in 2004: Sourav Ganguly

Charm of Beating Pakistan in 2004: Sourav Ganguly

April 24, 2025

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