Bill Lawry

Tony Greig’s absence in commentary box felt during first day’s play between Australia and South Africa

Tony Greig and Bill Lawry are being missed in the commentary box with the first Test of the Australian cricket season beginning here Friday.

Why Alastair Cook’s batting rekindles memories of Bill Lawry

In Part Six of the series, we look at two cricketers who could easily be mistaken for siblings in the way they went about their game. Arunabha Sengupta compares Bill Lawry and Alastair Cook - two men at the top of the order, linked by the penchant of putting substance over style.

Five instances of openers passing the baton of captaincy to their opening partners

Alastair Cook succeeding Andrew Strauss as captain marks a rare event – one half of a successful opening partnership taking over the reins from the other. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the very few examples of prolific opening partners following each other as skipper in Test cricket.

Sunil Gavaskar rates Kris Srikkanth as his best opening partner

Reminiscing his glory days, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar rated Kris Srikkanth as the best opening partner he had, saying that the right-hander "liberated" him as a batsman.

IPL good for the game: Sunil Gavaskar

Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar feels the controversial Indian premier League (IPL) is good for the game and feels it provides financial security to players.

Veteran cricket commentator Suresh Saraiya passes away

Veteran radio cricket commentator Suresh Saraiya passed away here on Wednesday following a heart attack.

Cricketing Rifts 8: 1960s – Chuckers, cheats and Boycott

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.

Bill Lawry, Jim Maxwell & Kerry O’Keeffe share their fondest memory of SCG

  Sydney Cricket Ground is celebrating it's 100th Test match. Some of the finest cricketers have made important contributions in this ground. ABC's Jim Maxwell and Kerry O'Keeffe along with former Australian captain Bill Lawry share their fondest memory of the SCG.   Bill Lawry is presently Channel Nine's commentator. He has played for Victoria...

Ashwin’s father delighted to watch son play at MCG

By CricketCountry Staff

Indian off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s father was ecstatic to watch his son perform against Australia at the MCG on Wednesday.

Bill Lawry predicts high-scoring Test series between India and Australia

Former Australian captain Bill Lawry expects a run feast in the eagerly-anticipated India-Australia Test series and feels the side which scores most number of runs will go on to win the rubber starting December 26.