Herbert Sutcliffe – the master of bad wickets
Herbert Sutcliffe (born November 24, 1894) was one of the best opening batsmen ever. Arunabha Sengupta looks back on the career...
Alphabetical XIs – Anwar, Akram, Amla and Ambrose make it a strong ‘A’-Team!
There is hardly anything as enjoyable for a cricket addict as making up an all-time XI. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta and Abhishek Mukherjee...
Shocking revelations: Look who the most successful batsmen were against the dreaded WI pacemen!
It is widely accepted that the most difficult bowling attack ever was the four-pronged West Indian pace machine that dominated world cricket for...
Stats stacked against England as they take on India in the first Test at Ahmedabad
As the Englishmen prepare to face India at Motera, Arunabha Sengupta finds a strange bit of history stacked solidly against them.
The 100th First-Class century
On this day 65 years ago Don Bradman pushed a single to the mid-on to complete his one 100th First-Class century. Arunabha Sengupta relives the...
Villain of the most acrimonious series in cricket history that all of Australia passionately hated
Harold Larwood, born November 14, 1904, was perhaps the fastest and most dreaded bowler of all time. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and...
Michael Clarke joins Don Bradman as the only player with one triple and two double centuries in the same year
By scoring 259 not out at Brisbane, Michael Clarke has walked into a very, very elite club whose sole member thus was Sir Don Bradman. Arunabha...
India-Pakistan 2011 World Cup semis fixed, implies British journalist Ed Hawkins in his new book
In a soon to be published book, Sports betting columnist Ed Hawkins has alleged in no uncertain terms that the India-Pakistan 2011 World Cup semi-final...
When the Aussies armed themselves in self-defence as outrage and smoke gripped the Brabourne Stadium
On this day in 1969, Australia wrapped up the first Test match of the series at the Brabourne Stadium. However, there was more to the story than...
