Did Fred Trueman need 10 wickets in that match or 9?
There are two versions of the story, of which exactly one can be true.
Duncan Hamilton and Gideon Haigh both mention the story, but how true is it?
In the Autobiography of Neville Cardus, there are accounts of his experiences as the assistant coach of Shrewsbury School, along with the delightful anecdotes about the Nottinghamshire and England cricketer William Attewell.
It was Dravid’s average of 29.71 in South Africa that really put the cat among the pigeons.
This is a thought that has been bothering me for some time now, more so since Australia had decided to rest their frontline bowlers during the ODI series in South Africa.
'The Wall’ is just a brand name. And fantastic batsman that Rahul Dravid was, there are many chinks and crevices that can be found in the records to render the sobriquet questionable.
With Karun Nair’s innings running to 303, and Virat Kohli waiting for the milestone before declaring, the debate over individual records and team triumphs could have been reopened.
There is no issue in Ian Chappell naming Garfield Sobers as the best after Don Bradman. These ‘best ever’ debates are always based on opinion.
Sunil Gavaskar reigns the cricketing consciousness in India with many of his monumental deeds, and some that he did not quite perform.