Hedley Verity: One of the greatest left-arm spinners in the game who died as POW in Italy at age 38
Hedley Verity, born May 18, 1905, was one of the greatest left-arm spinners ever. Even Don Bradman fell to his guile. Arunabha Sengupta recounts...
Dermot Reeve throws his bat and prompts a rule change
May 16, 1996. Start of the county game between Warwickshire and Hampshire that saw some bizarre tactics on the final day. Arunabha Sengupta looks...
CS Nayudu: The younger brother of the great CK carved a niche as a champion bowler
CS Nayudu, ace leg-spinner and a champion at the domestic level, was born on April 18, 1914. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the competent bowler...
Jack Hobbs and Don Bradman: A golden link across generations
March 8, 1929. Start of eight days of Test action that saw Jack Hobbs score his last century and Don Bradman his second. Arunabha Sengupta looks...
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...
Bodyline series: The day Bill Woodfull was struck on his heart by Harold Larwood
On January 14, 1933, Australian captain Bill Woodfull staggered after being hit over the heart by a ball from Harold Larwood. Two days later, wicketkeeper...
The first-ever Test match on Indian soil
The first Test on Indian soil had started at the Bombay Gymkhana on December 15, 1933. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at a historic Test that also...
MS Dhoni wrong to demand for tailor-made pitches, says Nari Contractor
Nari Contractor, who led India to its first cricket Test series win against England over half-a-century ago, disapproved skipper Mahendra Singh...
Bodyline: How the most infamous word in cricket was coined
After hostile fast bowling on the first day of the 1932-33 Ashes series, a Melbourne newspaper used a term for the first time that hurtled into...
