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.
If Kuldeep Yadav plays he will become first Chinaman bowler to play for India.
Even before the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team set out for Australia, captain Peter May was plagued by multiple problems — especially in the spin department. Jim Laker almost withdrew after severe altercation with the skipper. And after the team was announced, Johnny Wardle’s name had to be erased in the after-shock of his issues with the Yorkshire management. Arunabha Sengupta traces the domestic problems before the foreign venture.
Gary Sobers, arguably the greatest cricketer of all times, made his Test debut on March 30, 1954. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the stepping-stone of an amazing career.
New Zealand's 26 has been challenged several times, but never beaten.
Johnny Wardle took 102 wickets in 28 Tests at an average and economy rate that rank among the best of all time.