IPL: Ideal for demystifying the inscrutable English game to the Americans
Down the ages, cricket has often been a cultural differentiator, symbolising the differences between English subtleties and hard-boiled Americanism....
Clarrie Grimmett takes 13 wickets at Durban in what would turned out to be his farewell Test match
March 3, 1936. Clarrie Grimmett ended the series in South Africa with a haul of 13 wickets at Durban, bringing his tally in the series to 44. Strangely,...
Arthur Mailey narrowly misses capturing ten wickets in a Test innings
February 15, 1921. Arthur Mailey captured nine English wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and could have taken all ten if Patsy Hendren had...
The shortest-ever match in the history of Test cricket — all over in five hours and 53 minutes!
On February 15, 1932 South Africa were bowled out for 45, following their 36 in the first innings. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at a Test that...
Eddie Paynter gets out of hospital bed and scores a match-changing 83 in an Ashes Test
On February 13, 1933, Eddie Paynter got up from his hospital bed, took a taxi to the ground, got into the dressing room in his pyjamas, changed...
Archie Jackson: The batsman many felt would have outshone Bradman had he not died at 23
February 4, 1929. Archie Jackson announced himself by scoring an impeccable 164 on debut against a strong English attack, a knock that put Don Bradman...
Clarrie Grimmett — the man who created the ‘flipper’
Clarrie Grimmett, born December 25, 1891, was one of the greatest leg-spinners of all time and the man credited to have developed the ‘flipper’....
