Sonny Ramadhin: The mystery man from the East who took the cricketing world by storm
Sonny Ramadhin, born May 1, 1929, is the first player of Indian origin to play Test cricket for West Indies. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at one...
Dickie Bird: The superstar among umpires
Dickie Bird, born April 19, 1933, was more than an umpire. He was an institution within cricket, universally loved and respected, and instantly...
Neville Cardus performed the alchemy of changing reportage to literature
Neville Cardus was born on April 2, 1889, supposedly in a Manchester slum. Before him, cricket was reported. With him it was felt and appreciated....
David Gower: A batsman whose feats are better chronicled by poets and painters than sports writers
April 1, 1957.The birth of David Gower, a batsman of surreal beauty at the crease. Arunabha Sengupta relives the ups and downs, sublime joys and...
David Lloyd: A truly multi-faceted personality
David Lloyd, born March 18, 1947, runs Dicky Bird close to top the list of curious English cricket characters. Arunabha Sengupta looks at a flipping...
Fazal Mahmood: The man who inspired a generation of Pakistan fast bowlers
Fazal Mahmood, Pakistan’s Brylcreem boy, born on February 18, 1927, was one of the foremost finest fast bowlers to emerge from the region....
Jim Laker: The immortal off-spinner who took 19 wickets in a Test
Jim Laker, born February 9, 1922, was perhaps the best off-spinner ever produced by England, and a man of sophistication, wit and charm. Arunabha...
The standard of commentary has gone down all over the world: Chishty Mujahid
Chishty Mujahid is widely regarded as the grand old voice of Pakistani cricket, a legendary figure in Pakistani Cricket journalism and broadcasting...
September 2, 1980 - Kim Hughes & John Arlott share centrestage in Centenary Test
Thirty two years ago, the much anticipated Centenary Test at Lord’s petered out into a dull draw. Arunabha Sengupta revisits...
August 4, 1975: The first streaker at Lord's cricket ground
On August 4,1975, the fourth day s play at Lord s between England and Australia was held up for a while by a pioneering intruder, the feats of whom...
