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Roy Gilchrist
Mon, May 15 2017
Ken Palmer faces Wes Hall and Roy Gilchrist without his box
Ken Palmer, the fighting young Somerset all-rounder, battled the pace of Wes Hall and Roy Gilchrist to score 23 in difficult conditions.
Wed, June 28 2017
Roy Gilchrist: 10 facts about the fearsome West Indian paceman
Gilchrist played only 13 Tests and 42 First-Class matches, but had made a name for himself as a fearsome paceman.
Sun, August 07 2016
Bloodthirsty Roy Gilchrist leads to match being called off
Roy Gilchrist played for Crompton in the 1965 Central Lancashire League.
Mon, August 04 2014
Denesh Ramdin and West Indies’ other wicketkeeper captains
Ramdin is set to become the fifth wicketkeeper to lead the West Indies in Tests.
Tue, June 28 2016
Roy Gilchrist: A fast-bowling terror whose career was cut short by his mercurial nature
Volatile, mean, furious, ruthless, bloodthirsty, and more: there has been none like Roy Gilchrist.
Tue, May 05 2015
Collie Smith: A tale of joy, brilliance and tragedy
Collie Smith, born May 3, 1933, was an exciting all-round talent who was killed in a car accident at the tender age of 26. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of the man whose brilliance, according to some, had the glitter and sparkle to match Garfield Sobers.
Mon, June 30 2014
Chandu Borde falls hit wicket, four short of a hundred in each innings of a Test against dreaded West Indies pace attack
On February 11, 1959 Chandu Borde was stopped just four runs short of two hundreds in the same Test match against the West Indies. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the way his 109 and 96 against Wes Hall and Roy Gilchrist saved India from defeat at Delhi.
Tue, September 02 2014
Cricketing Rifts 5: 1950s – Many mutinies against the skippers
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.