Graham McKenzie was the premier pacer of Australia during the 1960s and a master on heart-breaking docile wickets. He played his last Test at 29, and still finished with 246 wickets.
The second Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between December 30, 1967, and January 3, 1968, is still remembered for Tiger Pataudi’s heroics with the bat that boggles the mind. H Natarajan brings out the degree of difficulty of Pataudi’s innings of 75 and 85 against unimaginable odds.
On November 20, 1970, Barry Richards scored an unbeaten 325 in a single day's play against a powerful Western Australian attack powered by Graham McKenzie and Dennis Lillee at the fiery WACA. H Natarajan goes into the archives to recall what remains one of the greatest innings in all First-Class cricket.