Ravi Shastri Audi duty Was Waived
Ravi Shastri Audi duty was waived due to his excellent performance in the Benson and Hedges Cup win in Australia. Ravi Shastri, the recipient of the 40,000 Australian dollar Audi car for being named the player of the tournament,...
Javed Burki – Pakistan Middle Order Batsman of 1960’s
Javed Burki is a right-handed upper-middle-order batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. He captained the Pakistan cricket team in five Test matches (four lost, one drawn) on the 1962 tour of England. When aged only 24 and with an...
Passion for the Game – The Cricket Cult
Passion for the game—the cricket cult! The game is the new religion in the island nation, and its winning team is elevated to the status of a celebrity. But is it just a distraction, or can it bind a...
Alf Valentine – First Bowler to Take 100 Test Wickets for West Indies
AIf Valentine, who died in America at the age of 74, was a vital cog in the first great West Indian team. The one left-arm bowler who shocked the England side in 1950 by winning the series 3-1 England...
Sambit Bal had an interview with Wasim Akram in 2004
Sambit Bal had an interview with Wasim Akram in 2004
Q: This knowledge of how to use the conditions, having so many tricks up your sleeve, how much of it came from learning to bowl in Pakistan, where the new...
Frank Worrell on the tour of Australia in 1960–61
Famous West Indies batsman Frank Worrell views on the tour of Australia in 1960–61. We decided on our Australian tour, after the experience of 1957, that there should be a rota in which each player was given a fair...
Family Butchery at the Oval September 1991
Family Butchery at the Oval from the Cricketer in September 1991. Glamorgan Alan Butcher, formerly of Surrey, and his son Mark Butcher, who plays for Surrey, became the first father and son to play against each other in any...
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 forever part of cricket history due to their glorious services to the game. Among them is Victor...
Michael Holding: Farewell to the Whispering Death
This article begins with a farewell to the whispering death of Michael Holding. Raymond Ford, who has known him since childhood, traces the development of the great West Indian fast bowler Michael Holding, who retired in September. As England...
Fred Tate – England Solitary Test Player in 1902
Fred Tate was an England cricketer who played a solitary test in 1902. On Saturday morning, there was more rain, causing the wicket to deteriorate, so England was apprehensive about scoring the 124 runs they needed for victory. In...
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Denis Compton – England Glamorous Cricketer
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...
