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Gilbert Jessop
Mon, May 21 2018
Gerald Brodribb: Forgotten cricket historian
"His work in cricket was painstaking — but alas almost unrecognised now, in this frantic age."
Mon, April 02 2018
IPL XI: Cricketers who have never played limited-overs cricket
Two conditions: the players have never played List A or T20 cricket, and there cannot be more than four overseas cricketers.
Wed, July 12 2017
Gilbert Jessop’s harrowing experience
The phenomenal hitter of the cricket ball, Gilbert Jessop, had already retired from the game and was a Captain in the army during the Great War.
Thu, August 04 2016
Gilbert Jessop scores two hundreds before lunch in same match
In a First-Class span of 1894 to 1914, Jessop played 493 matches, scoring 26,698 runs with a highest score of 286.
Sun, October 25 2015
Dream Team: Cricketers who also dabbled with Rugby
A dream team of cricketers who have also played rugby at a decent level. Some have even represented their countries while the others have played it at club-level.
Wed, August 06 2014
Pre-IPL era — When I became a book-cricket champion
During those days when cricket was still played lightly, the children scored heavily.
Fri, September 04 2015
Ashes 1902: Sherlock Holmes at The Oval
August 13, 1902. The day Gilbert Jessop blew the Australian attack away in an avalanche of audacious hitting, and the Yorkshire pair of George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes added the final fifteen runs to ensure an English victory by one wicket. Arunabha Sengupta looks at certain claims that Rhodes might not have been at the ground but for the presence of the great Sherlock Holmes.
Thu, September 03 2015
Ashes 1902: Gilbert Jessop blitz turns a near-certain defeat into a sensational win for England at The Oval
August 13, 1902. The day that became immortal in the history of cricket for an incredible finish to an incredible Test match. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the day when Gilbert Jessop launched himself at the Australian attack to score 104 in 77 minutes to turn a certain defeat into a sensational win by one wicket at The Oval.
Tue, July 01 2014
Gilbert Jessop and the centuries in each innings – both before lunch
July 25, 1900. One of the most devastatingly attacking batsmen of all time, Gilbert Jessop, scored a century before lunch for Gloucestershire in just 70 minutes. The very next day, he did so again, this time in 59 minutes. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the two days of carnage that took place against an excellent Yorkshire attack at Bradford.
Mon, May 09 2016
Gilbert Jessop: Greatest hitter of all time?
With his crouching predatory stance, Gilbert Jessop was perhaps the hardest hitter of all times.