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Colin Cowdrey
Tue, May 27 2014
Ex-England, Gloucestershire off-spinner David Allen dies aged 78
David Allen took 122 wickets and scored 918 runs for England in Tests.
Wed, May 21 2014
Yorkshire great Phil Sharpe passes away at the age of 77
Phil Sharpe played 12 Tests for England.
Tue, December 22 2015
Colin Cowdrey — The life and career of England’s most charming batsman
Looking back at the life and career of the greatest batsmen England has ever produced.
Tue, December 22 2015
Ashes 1974-75: Colin Cowdrey flies out to take on Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee at the age of 41
Australia had not only beaten England, they had beaten them black and blue.
Mon, November 16 2015
Ashes 1954-55: Colin Cowdrey receives mysterious cable on debut Ashes tour
It was poor Cowdrey's debut series...
Sun, August 04 2013
Ashes 2013: Kevin Pietersen lauded by Australian media after Manchester century
Australia's cricket writers on Sunday hailed old nemesis Kevin Pietersen's fighting century in the third Test, saying the knock had tempered the tourist's hopes of a dramatic Ashes comeback.
Sun, July 10 2016
Colin Cowdrey becomes first player to play 100 Tests; celebrates milestone by scoring ton
Colin Cowdrey had already gone past Godfrey Evans’s world record of 91 Tests. The Lord’s Test was his 99th and the build-up for the hundredth Test was enormous.
Sun, June 30 2013
Mike Smith: One of the most popular and respected captains of England
MJK Smith, born June 30, 1933, was one of the most popular captains of England. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the career of the man who led in exactly half the number of Tests he played, and was the last captain to win a series against South Africa for over 32 years.
Sat, June 25 2016
West Indies vs England, Lord’s 1963: A thriller where all four results were possible till the very end
Lord’s witnessed one of the greatest days of cricket, a match where all four results were possible till the very end, one that culminated in one of the greatest heroic acts cricket has known.
Sun, June 23 2013
New Zealand register 42-run victory over Kent in warm-up tie
New Zealand eased to a 42-run victory over Kent at Canterbury on Saturday as they warmed-up for their two Twenty20 internationals against England.