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Chinese Cricketer
Fri, July 27 2018
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 1: Ellis Achong
Part 1 of the series on Chinaman bowlers deals with Ellis Achong, often wrongly credited with the first popular exponent of the genre of delivery.
Wed, January 04 2017
Richard Chee Quee: First of Chinese origin to play for New South Wales
Richard Chee Quee is also the lead vocalist of the rock band Six & Out, a band that also features New South Wales cricketers Shane and Brett Lee, Gavin Robertson and Brad McNamara.
Fri, October 28 2016
Douglas Sang Hue: 12 facts about the first great West Indian umpire
Douglas Sang Hue stood in 31 Tests and a solitary ODI — several of them more eventful than what he would have wanted to — and won accolades from across the world.
Wed, February 15 2017
Ellis Achong: 9 facts about the Chinaman who supposedly became part of cricket lexicon
Ellis Achong was not the inventor of the Chinaman. It wasn't even named after him. But he somehow made it to the lexicon of cricket, thanks to a conversation between Walter Robins and Learie Constantine.
Wed, November 25 2015
Chinese cricketer Ming Li watched Shane Warne videos on YouTube to learn leg-spin
Ming Li from Hong Kong scripted history when he became the first Chinese cricketer to join Australia’s T20 Big Bash League.