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The Ashes 1938 (Australia in England)
Sun, December 04 2016
The day Amar Singh skittled out Australia for England in Blackpool
Amar Singh is seldom recalled nowadays other than in scantily recalled pages read about his exploits alongside Mohammad Nissar.
Wed, January 20 2016
Frank Chester: When Don Bradman acknowledged his genius
Australia's Don Bradman acknowledged Frank Chester's umpiring as one of the best he had ever seen.
Fri, September 04 2015
Ashes 1938 Postscript: The Amazing Test Match Crime
The Ashes 1938 series was shared between Wally Hammond’s England and Don Bradman’s Australians. And the next Ashes Test would be played only in 1946-47, after the last bullet of the Second World War had been fired. However, one further Ashes encounter was played during this interlude, on the fictitious pitch of a hilarious novel written by Adrian Alington published in 1939. Arunabha Sengupta describes the book which should be in the collection of every lover of literature and cricket.
Tue, August 09 2016
Ashes 1938: Len Hutton 364; England 903 for 7 at The Oval
Len Hutton's was a marathon batting performance that eventually culminated in one of the most one-sided Tests ever.
Tue, August 09 2016
Ashes 1938: Bradman scores 103 at Leeds to follow up scores of 334 and 304 on his earlier visits at the venue
Don Bradman had scored 334 and 304 at Headingley on his last two visits. This time he managed just 103. But it proved to be a match-winning effort.
Mon, January 04 2016
1938 Ashes and Alfred Hitchcock
The Alfred Hitchcock movie that coincided with an Ashes Test.