Ponsonby’s first game in the MCC colours appears to be a Second-Class match, ironically against his alma mater Harrow in 1834.
The keen student of the game will immediately spot the fact that, till 2016-17, 11 gentlemen share the common thread of capturing 4 wickets in a First-Class innings without conceding any runs.
Oxford University's Indian origin student Samridh Agarwal cracked a magnificent triple-century against Cambridge in a First-Class match at the FP Fenner's ground in Cambridge.
The family of noted cricket writer Peter Roebuck, who committed suicide in Cape Town last week, has sought permission to take his body to England for burial, a report said.
Noted cricket writer Peter Roebuck's shattered family is clinging to hope that concerned authorities in South Africa would properly investigate the circumstances surrounding his tragic death.
The Gilbert Jessop Mystery is a tale of detection etched on a vast canvas. A cricket historian plays the role of an expert hired to solve an intriguing problem involving old scoring sheets, fast hundreds, modern-art masterpieces, antique wagon wheels and old Victorian letters.