Curtly Ambrose skittles England out to their lowest-ever score in Tests — 46
March 29, 1994. England did enjoy the better of the exchanges for three and a half days of the Port of Spain Test against the West Indies. However,...
Arunabha Sengupta
(Arunabha Sengupta is a cricket historian and Chief Cricket Writer at CricketCountry. He writes about the history and the romance of the game, punctuated often by opinions about modern day cricket, while his post-graduate degree in statistics peeps through in occasional analytical pieces. The author of three novels, he can be followed on twitter at http://twitter.com/senantix)
Moments in history
Polly Umrigar — the backbone of Indian batting through the fifties and early sixties
Polly Umrigar, born March 28, 1926, was one of greatest batsmen in Indian cricket and a colossal figure of the fifties and sixties. Arunabha Sengupta...
Moments in history
Origin and history of the Carmody Field
As Monty Panesar faced Kane Williamson and Trent Boult in the final overs in Auckland, nine men and the wicketkeeper huddled around him, lurking...
Moments in history
Australia-West Indies relations come to a breaking point after Dean Jones is run out in unfortunate manner
March 27, 1991. At Georgetown, Guyana, Dean Jones suffered a bizarre dismissal, bowled off a no-ball, he was run out as he walked towards the pavilion....
Facts and figures
Dhoni is an almost unparalleled asset in history as a successful, multi-tasking 'keeper, batsman and captain
The incredible 224 in the first Test match and the 4-0 final scoreline have perhaps shell-shocked his critics into temporary silence before the...
Moments in history
Bill Edrich: Success, failure, drinks and divorces
March 26, 1916. The birth of Bill Edrich, one of the pillars of English batting during the difficult phase immediately after the Second World War....
MS Dhoni the captain and batsman deserves the highest praise for India’s first-ever 4-0 series victory in Tests
The 4-0 scoreline is a first in the 80-year old history of Indian cricket. Yet, there is the tendency to trivialise the victory because of home...
Moments in history
Allan Border takes four wickets in nine balls without conceding a run!
March 25, 1991. In the second Test at Georgetown, Allan Border produced an incredible spell of bowling with his sparingly used left-arm spinners,...
Moments in history
Bowlers and their bunnies in Test cricket before Ravindra Jadeja’s hold over Michael Clarke
In the ongoing India-Australia Test series, Michael Clarke has been dismissed five times by Ravindra Jadeja, leading the media to brand the Australian...
Moments in history
Dean Jones: A trendsetter who became a legend in one-day cricket
March 24, 1961. The birth of Dean Jones, one of the best ODI batsman of his generation. One often overlooks the fact that he was a more than decent...
