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Bill Woodfull
Mon, August 27 2018
Sir Don Bradman’s birthday: Sachin Tendulkar recalls meeting Australian legend 20 years ago
On August 27, 1998, Bradman was celebrating his 90th birthday and he invited spin legend Shane Warne and India's Tendulkar to join him at his home in Adelaide.
Sun, July 22 2018
Dimuth Karunaratne becomes 4th Sri Lankan to carry the bat through a completed innings
Karunaratne's effort means that he is the 34th player to have recorded a century while carrying the bat through a completed innings. His 158* is the 15th highest score for an opener in a carrying-bat-through effort.
Thu, July 06 2017
The W’s: The stellar trinity and more
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with W, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta wades knee deep in a pool of extraordinary talent.
Sat, August 22 2015
Bill Woodfull: Life and times
Trained as a schoolteacher, Woodfull also had a successful career in this discipline.
Tue, August 22 2017
Bill Woodfull: 16 facts about Australia’s Bodyline series captain who refused knighthood
William Maldon Woodfull was an Australian cricketer who led the side during the infamous Bodyline series in 1932-33.
Thu, May 28 2015
Bodyline — when the most reassuring words began with ‘f’
The Bodyline series of 1932-33 was a harrowing experience for one Gilbert Mant
Wed, January 18 2017
The Bodyline cables: Australian Board sends the infamous protest message to MCC
After Bill Woodfull, Bert Oldfield and other batsmen were battered and bruised, ABC sent a cable to lodge its protest to MCC.
Mon, December 07 2015
When Bill Ponsford scored a triple; Victoria amassed 1,107 against New South Wales
Victoria's 1,107 still remains a world record.
Mon, August 22 2016
Ashes 1934: Bill Woodfull regains Ashes for the second time on his birthday
Bill Woodfull had regained the Ashes on his birthday in 1930. He repeated the feat exactly four years later.
Thu, October 03 2013
Ashes 1926: Charlie Macartney scores century before lunch, after England captain Arthur Carr drops him off the fourth ball
July 24, 1926. After England captain Arthur Carr put Australia in to bat at Headingley, Maurice Tate dismissed Warren Bardsley with the very first ball; and then transpired a phase of play that remained a lifelong nightmare for the captain. Arunabha Sengupta writes about the day when Macartney was dropped by Carr off the fourth ball he faced and raced to a hundred before lunch.