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.
The WG Grace is a stylish, modern pub in Bristol, with every desirable feature and a favourite haunt of the students.
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.
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.
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.
Stephen Boock's nonchalance was in display early in 1989, when the Eden Park groundsmen produced a belter of a track when the New Zealanders played Pakistan.
Martin Crowe: Graceful, classy and very, very human.
Through his long and illustrious career, Dilip Vengsarkar was one of the most successful batsmen of India.
Kerry Burn was the man who played Test cricket due to a curious oversight. Even the mild-toned Wisden summarised his selection as ‘the one serious mistake in making up the side’.
Edward ‘Lumpy’ Stevens, who died on September 7, 1819, was one of the greatest bowlers of his day, one of the first to give the ball air and achieve absolute accuracy.