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Arunabha Sengupta
Tue, September 13 2022
Shane Warne — 40 Less Widely Known Facts
An eternal child of outrageous capers, often beyond justification, but always curiously lovable.
Tue, September 13 2022
Shane Warne: The Man Who Breathed Life Into The Dying Art Of Leg-Spin Bowling
Shane Warne, born September 13, 1969, resurrected the art of leg-spin bowling, adding substance, style and glamour to the most intriguing of cricketing crafts, writing a new chapter big enough to merit a dedicated volume. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the career, wickets and transgressions of this living headline of the world of cricket.
Tue, June 25 2019
World Cup 1983 final: How the magic unfolded at Lord’s to give India her greatest moment
As the championship unfolded, Kapil Dev’s "dark horses" turned out to be Derby winners as they galloped in style past the finishing line.
Tue, June 18 2019
World Cup 1983: Kapil Dev’s 175 not out masterminds The Great Indian Escape
Kapil Dev walked out at 9 for 4. It soon became 17 for 5, and then 78 for 7. What followed was an innings with few parallels.
Sun, June 18 2017
ICC World Cricket League: Far from the madding crowd
CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta visited the VRA cricket ground, Amstelveen, to take a look at the France-Norway contest in the ICC World Cricket League (Europe Region Division One) encounter.
Thu, June 15 2017
The D’s: Redoubtable names and some splendid cricketers with short careers
From the early era’s Joe Darling and Reggie Duff to the modern masters in Rahul Dravid and AB de Villiers, encompassing men ranging from Ted Dexter to Aravinda de Silva on the way.
Thu, April 13 2017
The WG Grace: a stylish Bristol pub, but bears little more than the Champion’s name
The WG Grace is a stylish, modern pub in Bristol, with every desirable feature and a favourite haunt of the students.
Mon, May 08 2017
Australian all-time XI, The Great War to The Packer War: Bradman’s lot and all that
Having completed the rather difficult task of sifting through the Pre-War greats, let us now turn to our second phase, from 1919 to the appearance of Packer.
Mon, May 08 2017
Australian all-time XI, pre-World War 1: Explosive batsmen, devastating bowlers, imposing moustaches
To make an insurmountable task easier, we have broken the history of Australian cricket into three different parts. Here is the XI for the Australian team stretching from the beginning of Test cricket in 1877 to the start of the First World War.
Thu, December 22 2016
New Zealand’s first victory over MCC
It was perhaps the last opportunity for the New Zealanders to be taken seriously as a cricketing power, and ensure a return of another MCC side anytime soon.