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Alan Melville
Wed, November 01 2017
Leaders to begin with: XI of cricketers who led on Test debut
An XI of cricketers who captained on Test debut.
Thu, July 13 2017
Alphabetical XI Appendix: The small-sample Side
CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta has now formed a XI out of the men who were dropped from Alphabetical XI because they did not play too many Test matches.
Tue, May 17 2016
Alan Melville scores his 4th successive hundred against England
Allan Melville had scored hundreds in three consecutive innings before World War II. When cricket resumed, he scored another in his first innings.
Wed, May 18 2016
Alan Melville: The man who scored four Test centuries in consecutive innings separated by eight years
Alan Melville led South Africa in all but one of the Tests he played in, overcame incredible injuries, and scored 4 Test hundreds in consecutive innings with an eight-year interlude in between.
Tue, August 09 2016
Durban 1938-39: The longest Test ever, a draw after 10 days of play!
That Test at Durban, 1938-39. They had to call the Test off only because — their boat left.