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Bill Edrich
Tue, June 27 2017
Martin Donnelly bowled off bowler’s footmark
Martin Donnelly was scoring as freely as ever for Warwickshire against Middlesex when he was dismissed in the oddest of fashions.
Thu, June 15 2017
The E’s: Useful team from a small pool
Only 41 cricketers with their last names starting with E have played Test cricket. Of them only 17 have played more than 10.
Sun, July 06 2014
Magic Moments of Indian tours to England Part 3 of 16 – Denis Compton pulls a weapon out of his Arsenal to run out Vijay Merchant
Vijay Merchant's gritty hundred was eclipsed by Compton spectacularly running him out.
Tue, May 31 2016
Bill Edrich reaches 1,000 before May, thanks to Don Bradman’s benevolence
Bill Edrich is the only one to have scored a thousand runs before May on the same ground — Lord's.
Sun, March 27 2016
Denis Compton and Bill Edrich tear South African attack apart to add a record 370 runs for the third wicket
Denis Compton and Bill Edrich's 370 remains the highest Test stand at Lord's.
Sat, March 26 2016
Bill Edrich: Success, failure, drinks and divorces
Bill Edrich was one of the pillars of English batting during the difficult phase immediately after the Second World War. He formed a supreme batting partnership with Denis Compton, once scored a thousand before May, and scored 3,000 runs in a season.
Tue, August 09 2016
Durban 1938-39: The longest Test ever, a draw after 10 days of play!
That Test at Durban, 1938-39. They had to call the Test off only because — their boat left.
Fri, February 19 2016
Denis Compton, Bill Edrich and the crown of the golden summer
65 years ago, Denis Compton and Bill Edrich reached the apex of their dream summer, in a lavish spread of run making that saw 633 scored in a day. Arunabha Sengupta relives the rollicking run feast at Leicester the like of which has seldom been witnessed ever since.