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West Indies tour of England 1976
Wed, August 17 2016
Michael ‘Whispering Death’ Holding blows away Tony ‘Grovel’ Greig’s England
Holding, who had earlier said Greig’s comment ‘smacked of racism and Apartheid’, emerged as a hero. “He got our backs up and made us more determined,” he had said and his performances/actions backed his words, unlike Greig’s.
Thu, July 03 2014
Viv Richards demoralises England with a stupendous 291
August 13, 1976. Viv Richards pulverised the England bowling with a stupendous knock of 291, an innings that has gone down as among the best-ever played in Test cricket. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the majestic exhibition of strokeplay at The Oval as West Indies won the famous series 3-0.
Tue, February 23 2016
Michael Holding decimates England by taking 14 wickets
36 years ago, on a slow, amiable track Michael Holding ran in to produce one of the fastest and most brilliant displays of pace bowling ever. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the day the famed grovel series concluded with the Jamaican picking up 14 wickets.