Wilfred Rhodes

‘Ambidextrous’ XI 1: Right-handed batsmen, left-handed bowlers

IST 14 September 2017 •5:35 PM IST

The R’s: Superb batting and versatile bowling from a problem of plenty

12 July 2017 •8:00 AM IST

502 to win: The glory of the Golden Age

18 January 2017 •6:29 PM IST

Bill Storer and other bowling wicketkeepers

19 November 2016 •1:53 PM IST

Dream Team: A Test XI of all-rounders

23 February 2016 •8:00 AM IST

Wilfred Rhodes News

15 iconic quotes on Jack Hobbs

Hobbs was a legend of his era and is still remembered for his contribution towards cricket.

16 December 2015 •7:05 PM IST

Wilfred Rhodes: 15 startling statistics about the English legend

Rhodes has played 1,110 First-Class matches in his career and owns the record by quite a margin as the second placed Frank Woolley has 978 matches.

29 October 2015 •4:06 PM IST

Rhodes, Hill, Trumper, Haigh: How believable are player memories?

The memories of cricketers are as fallible and prone to errors as the romantic imagination of cricket writers and fans.

17 September 2015 •2:26 PM IST

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and others with 20-year long careers

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is seventeenth in the list with a career spanning for 20 or more years.

08 June 2014 •9:18 AM IST

Trevor Bailey: One of the greatest all-rounders produced by England

Trevor Bailey is remembered as a dour, stonewalling batsman with the fitting nickname Barnacle. However, there was much more to his cricket — including an array of strokes seldom unveiled, incisive fast-medium bowling and superb close to the wicket catching.

03 December 2013 •3:52 PM IST

Ashes 1902: Sherlock Holmes at The Oval

August 13, 1902. The day Gilbert Jessop blew the Australian attack away in an avalanche of audacious hitting, and the Yorkshire pair of George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes added the final fifteen runs to ensure an English victory by one wicket. Arunabha Sengupta looks at certain claims that Rhodes might not have been at the ground but for the presence of the great Sherlock Holmes.

02 September 2013 •9:05 AM IST

Life after 40: Numbers that should be a source of great inspiration for Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar’s numbers in international cricket are staggering to say the least. His consistency and longevity speaks volumes of his ability as a cricketer.

24 April 2013 •1:03 PM IST

15 all out: The lowest-ever score in a First-Class match on Australian soil

Wilfred Rhodes, 5 for 6. Ted Arnold, 4 for 8.

09 February 2013 •1:15 PM IST

Wilfred Rhodes: Nearly 40,000 runs and 4,204 wickets — what an all-rounder!

Wilfred Rhodes (born October 29, 1877) was a great left-arm spinner who also made himself into a top class opening batsman. Arunabha Sengupta pays tribute to the man who has inspired some of the greatest cricket literature.

29 October 2012 •10:40 PM IST

Triangular Tests 1912: Failed experiment of multi-national Test tournament

The start of the innovatively planned Triangular Test series.

27 May 2012 •11:08 AM IST

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