Obituaries

Colin Bland: One of the greatest fielders of all time
Arunabha SenguptaApril 16, 2018 10:28 PM IST
At his peak, Colin Bland was acknowledged as the greatest ever fielder. He was perhaps the greatest before Jonty Rhodes.
Bevan Congdon: A much-respected name in the annals of New Zealand cricket
Arunabha SenguptaFebruary 12, 2018 10:45 AM IST
Congdon played 61 Tests, scoring 3,448 runs at an average of 32.22, and 11 ODIs for New Zealand.
Milkha Singh: A Test career that ended before 20
CricketCountry StaffNovember 10, 2017 9:29 PM IST
Milkha Singh scored the first hundred in Duleep Trophy history, but is unfortunately remembered as the brother of Kripal Singh.
Ken Higgs: Inexplicably overshadowed by Trueman and Statham
Abhishek MukherjeeSeptember 7, 2017 2:48 PM IST
Higgs coached both Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, mentoring many an aspiring cricketer.
Doug Insole: All round sportsman and worthy administrator
Arunabha SenguptaAugust 7, 2017 9:17 AM IST
Doug Insole, who passed away on August 5, 2017, was revered as an administrator, but there was much more to this brilliant all-round sportsman.
Sid O’Linn: From English First Division football to Test cricket for South Africa
Abhishek MukherjeeMay 5, 2017 12:42 PM IST
Sid O’Linn played cricket for Western Province, Transvaal, and Kent, football for South Africa and Charlton Athletic, and once did a hole-in-one.
John Hampshire: Elegant batsman, respected umpire
Arunabha SenguptaMarch 2, 2017 2:45 PM IST
John Hampshire was an elegant middle-order batsman who was the first to score a century on Test debut at Lord’s.
Peter Richardson: Gutsy batsman and prankster who enjoyed a dream start to his Test career
Arunabha SenguptaFebruary 18, 2017 4:01 PM IST
When Richie Benaud induced a snick to get rid of young Peter Richardson, the score read 195 and the newcomer into the England side had
Imtiaz Ahmed: A wicketkeeper-batsman ahead of his times
Abhishek MukherjeeJanuary 18, 2017 11:37 PM IST
Imtiaz Ahmed scored 2,079 runs at 29.28 in addition to 93 dismissals. While keeping wickets his 2,010 runs came at 30.45.
To my childhood hero, Martin Crowe…
Suvajit MustafiJanuary 18, 2017 11:35 PM IST
March 3, 2016, I did not wake by the tell-tale setting off of the alarm, but by innumerable Twitter notifications on my phone. I did
Growing up on Hanif Mohammad
Abhishek MukherjeeDecember 20, 2016 8:51 PM IST
Hanif Mohammad, supreme grafter who knew no fatigue, the man synonymous to Pakistan cricket for decades and a legend we never got to see but
Len Maddocks: Much more than Jim Laker’s iconic 10th wicket
Abhishek MukherjeeSeptember 2, 2016 3:04 PM IST
Maddocks found a place in history, as the man who made Laker the first to take 10 wickets in a Test innings and 19 wickets
Harold Larwood passes away
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 22, 2016 1:41 AM IST
A look back at the final days of the life of Harold Larwood, who surprisingly found peace in the very country where he had performed
Donald Carr: Controversial cricketer, supreme administrator
Abhishek MukherjeeJune 13, 2016 12:36 AM IST
Derbyshire stalwart Donald Carr was the first Test cricketer born in Germany, the first captain to lose a Test to India, ran into controversies by
Deepak Shodhan: Victim of selection injustice despite a 60-plus average
Abhishek MukherjeeMay 16, 2016 12:50 PM IST
Deepak Shodhan, first Indian left-hander to score a Test hundred, passed away at 87 in this home in Ahmedabad. His average of 60.33 is the