The day Denis Atkinson & Clairmonte Depeiaza posted the highest seventh wicket partnership in Tests
On May 18, 1955 Denis Atkinson and Clairmonte Depeiaza put up 347 runs for the seventh wicket against Australia at Kensington Oval. Abhishek Mukherjee...
Charlie Palmer: The man who narrowly missed taking nine wickets for no run!
Charlie Palmer, the Worcestershire and Leicestershire mainstay for over two decades, was born on May 15, 1919. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at...
Bill Edrich: Success, failure, drinks and divorces
March 26, 1916. The birth of Bill Edrich, one of the pillars of English batting during the difficult phase immediately after the Second World War....
Fred Trueman – England's greatest-ever fast bowler and a colourful character
Fred Trueman, born February 6, 1931, was arguably the greatest fast bowler and undeniably the most colourful character produced by England. Arunabha...
Clyde Walcott – one of the hardest hitters of all time
Big, powerful and imposing at the wicket, Clyde Walcott, born January 17, 1926, was one of the greatest and hardest-hitting batsmen of all time....
American President watches Test match cricket
On December 8, 1959, a day of the drabbest cricketing action in Karachi, Dwight Eisenhower became the first American President to watch Test cricket....
Don Bradman 185, India 58 and 98
On December 4, 1947, caught on a rain-affected wicket, Indian batsmen could manage just 58 and 98 against Ernie Toshack and the others....
The 100th First-Class century
On this day 65 years ago Don Bradman pushed a single to the mid-on to complete his one 100th First-Class century. Arunabha Sengupta relives the...
The man who stepped out of the plane and scored a Test hundred!
Classy in whatever he did on and off the field, ML Jaisimha is one of the seven players who are to be posthumously honoured by BCCI. Arunabha Sengupta...
Vinoo Mankad - in the league of Gary Sobers and Keith Miller as a genuine, world class all-rounder
A fantastic all-rounder good enough to play both as a specialist batsman or a specialist bowler, Vinoo Mankad is one of the seven players who are...
