Today we celebrate the birth centenary of Brian Johnston, the heart of Test Match Special, the voice that reached homes around cricket playing countries carrying warmth and cheer. In happy coincidence with his 100th birthday, Arunabha Sengupta covers the career of the legend in the fifth episode of the series.
November 15 2012, 2:16 pm
Read MorePoliceman, poet, wine-connoisseur, author, part time politician, anti-apartheid spokesperson and word renowned host of dinner parties - John Arlott was also the soul of cricket commentary for over three decades. In the fourth part of the series on cricket commentators, Arunabha Sengupta covers the career of the Basingstoke legend.
November 15 2012, 2:23 pm
Read MoreThe International Cricket Council on Tuesday mourned the passing away of cricket commentator and former president of the MCC Christopher Martin-Jenkins, who died of cancer at the age of 67.
January 1 2013, 9:18 pm
Read MoreDavid Warner’s outburst on Twitter has created a new benchmark for player-journalist feuds, but such rifts are not new in the cricketing world. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at some of the nasty encounters between the cricketers and the media men.
May 21 2013, 2:10 am
Read MoreNoted cricket journalist and former president of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Christopher Martin-Jenkins passed away on Tuesday morning. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer in January 2012.
January 1 2013, 5:19 pm
Read MoreChristopher Martin-Jenkins, fondly known as CMJ, passed away on January 1, 2013. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the respected broadcaster who was a pillar of Test Match Special (YMS) for 38 years.
January 2 2013, 7:08 pm
Read MoreRobert Hudson is perhaps the most unsung of the Test Match Special commentators. Nevertheless, he played the most important role in the conception of the programme. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of this most meticulous of commentators.
November 15 2012, 12:27 pm
Read MoreHugh Trumble, born May 12, 1867, was the first great off-spinner in the history of the game.Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the Australian bowler who was the first man to achieve two hat-tricks in Test cricket.
May 12 2013, 3:27 pm
Read MoreFormer umpire Simon Taufel has been invited to deliver the 2013 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s on Wednesday. Taufel will be delivering the lecture on July 24 later this year.
January 11 2013, 8:13 pm
Read MoreBy Venkataraman Ganesan In an era where quality of cricket commentary ranges from themesmerisingto the macabre (mostly the latter). In the following lines, I employ the hypothetical setting of Tendulkar executing a cover drive and then don the pseudo mantle of various living and dead commentators to describe the shot.
May 28 2012, 12:00 am
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