May 7, 1930. KS Duleepsinhji set the county ground at Hove ablaze, scoring 333 in five and half hours. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the intoxicating innings which broke the Sussex record for highest individual score held by Duleep’s uncle, KS Ranjitsinhji.
May 22 2013, 4:04 pm
Read MoreNeville Cardus was born on April 2, 1889, supposedly in a Manchester slum. Before him, cricket was reported. With him it was felt and appreciated. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life of this doyen of cricket writers.
May 22 2013, 4:06 pm
Read MoreCricket will perhaps be graced by many men with skills and records that rival, and often surpass, Charles Burgess Fry. Yet, as a marvellously gifted personality whose brilliance sparkled from every facet of his many-sided genius, he will perhaps never be matched by any man in flannels.
May 22 2013, 4:04 pm
Read MoreCharlie Palmer, the Worcestershire and Leicestershire mainstay for over two decades, was born on May 15, 1919. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the career of a durable all-rounder and a capable, if controversial, administrator.
May 15 2013, 2:35 pm
Read MoreGraeme Pollock, born February 27, 1944, was one of the greatest batsmen to play the game and one of the many South Africans of his day whose careers were brutally cut short by international isolation to his country’s then apartheid policies. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the career of the man who is second only to Don Bradman in batting average.
March 8 2013, 11:54 pm
Read MoreFebruary 25, 2001. Bradman fell short of yet another century when pneumonia claimed his life at the age of 92. Arunabha Sengupta pays homage to the greatest batsman ever to walk on earth.
February 25 2013, 11:30 pm
Read MoreDon Tallon, born February 17, 1916, was considered by Don Bradman to be the greatest wicketkeeper he had ever seen. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the career of the stumper who kept to the pace of Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller and the spin of Colin McCool and Bill O’Reilly with equal aplomb.
February 17 2013, 10:38 am
Read MoreDon Bradman The Greatest!
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Read MoreDon Bradman - God of Batting!
December 2 2012, 5:47 pm
Read MoreOn March 13, 1993, Vinod Kambli commenced his innings of 227 against first-time tourists Zimbabwe, a knock that saw him enter the elite group of players who registered consecutive double-centuries in Test cricket. Karthik Parimal looks back at that eventful day.
March 13 2013, 5:22 pm
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