The day Harold Heygate became the first batsman to be “timed out”
May 22, 1919. Harold Heygate becomes the first man in history of cricket to be timed out — although the scorecards said ‘out, absent’....
WICB lauds Shivnarine Chanderpaul for milestone in First-Class cricket
West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron says "character and focus" are the main factors that have driven West Indies middle...
Shivnarine Chanderpaul plays his 300th First-Class match
West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has joined many batting greats by appearing in his 300th First-Class match.
Duleepsinhji scores 333 in five and half hours to break Ranji’s record
May 7, 1930. KS Duleepsinhji set the county ground at Hove ablaze, scoring 333 in five and half hours. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the intoxicating...
CB Fry – A life worth living
Cricket will perhaps be graced by many men with skills and records that rival, and often surpass, Charles Burgess Fry. Yet, as a marvellously gifted...
'Tip' Foster: The only man to have captained England in both cricket and football
Reg [Tip] Foster, born on April 16, 1878, still holds the record for the highest score on Test debut. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the only...
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....
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...
When India beat Australia against all odds and expectations at Brabourne Stadium
On October 15, exactly 48 years ago, on India pulled off a miraculous victory against the mighty Australians at Bombay. Abhishek Mukherjee looks...
Little-known secrets of Tendulkar, Dravid, Sehwag & Dhoni
BCCI recently rejected the new design of the Indian jersey, insisting that the team play the upcoming T20 World...
