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Brothers in arms
Thu, February 02 2017
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.
Tue, September 02 2014
Brothers-in-arms 5: Hammond & Chappell – linked by divine drives & dexterity
In Part Five of the series, in which we look at two cricketers who could easily be mistaken for siblings in the way they went about their game, Arunabha Sengupta compares Wally Hammond and Greg Chappell - two men related by their majesty, grace and curious unpopularity.
Tue, September 02 2014
Brothers-in-arms 4: Cairns & Flintoff – brushes with greatness & authority
In this episode, Arunabha Sengupta writes about Chris Cairns and Andrew Flintoff - the two men related by exploits of willow, leather, promise, injury and indiscipline.
Tue, September 02 2014
Brothers-in-arms 3: Azharuddin & Malik – linked by flair, figures, faults & fickle fame
This is Part 3 of a series in which two different cricketers are paired who could easily be mistaken for siblings in the way they went about their game. Read on for more on the soul-siblings of the gentleman's game! In this episode, Arunabha Sengupta writes about the two men related by fortune and finesse are Mohammad Azharuddin and Saleem Malik.
Wed, September 10 2014
Brothers-in-arms – 2: David Gower and Mark Waugh: Sultans of silk
This is Part 2 of a series in which Rajesh Ramaswamy pairs two different cricketers from different teams and eras who could easily be mistaken for siblings in the way they went about their game. Read on for more on the soul-siblings of the gentleman's game!
Wed, September 10 2014
Brothers-in-arms -1: Miandad-Ponting and Ranatunga-Ganguly
Rajesh Ramaswamy starts a series in which he pairs two sets of cricketers from different nations who could easily be mistaken for brothers in the way they went about their business on the field of play. In Part One, he talks about Javed Miandad and Ricky Ponting and Arjuna Ranatunga and Sourav Ganguly.