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...
Dennis Lillee knocks over six Englishmen in the Centenary Test
March 13, 1977. As old English and Australian cricketers assembled from over the world for the match to mark the centenary of Test cricket, Dennis...
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...
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...
Where are the 150kmph bowlers today in world cricket?
There was a time in the 1980s when speed ruled the world. The West Indies had a quartet of quicks bowling around 150kmph at their best and used...
Jack Hobbs : Forever the Master
Jack Hobbs, born December 16, 1884, was the greatest batsman in the world during his day, the man who took the mantle of the master from WG Grace,...
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...
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...
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...
Busting myths about the Bradman Era: The Don's average on sticky wickets was 20.29!
Whenever batsmen of the Bradman Era are discussed, one takes it for granted that uncovered pitches and inadequate protection against fast bowling...
