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Australians terrorised by gun shots at Jamaica after denied a near-certain victory by the crowds

Australians terrorised by gun shots at Jamaica after denied a near-certain victory by the crowds

On May 3, 1978 Australia’s tour of the West Indies ended on an unexpected note. Australia needed one wicket to win the fifth and the final Test match, but the crowd disturbance halted the victory march of the visitors. Sarang Bhalerao looks at one of cricket’s most controversial episodes.

Sarang Bhalerao, Moments in history, Alvin Kallicharran, Peter Toohey, Australia's tour of West Indies 1978, Bobby Simpson, Ralph Gosein, Crowd intervention 1978 Jamaica Test match, Vanburn Holder, Bruce Yardley, Raphick Jumadeen

May 3 2013, 12:16 pm

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Cricketing Rifts 22 - Harbhajan Singh & Andrew Symonds at the Monkeygate

Cricketing Rifts 22 - Harbhajan Singh & Andrew Symonds at the Monkeygate

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. This episode deals with the thunder bared bitterness between Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds

Arunabha Sengupta, cricketing rifts, Harbhajan Singh, Andrew Symonds, Sachin Tendulkar, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Monkeygate, Australia, India

November 21 2012, 4:28 pm

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Jacques Rudolph — Neither a Jack nor a master of the batting trade

Jacques Rudolph — Neither a Jack nor a master of the batting trade

On May 4, 1981 Jacobus Andries Rudolph popularly known to the cricketing fraternity as Jacques Rudolph was born at Springs, Transvaal. If prophesies were to be believed, he was envisaged to be one of the greatest South African Test batsmen looking at the sheer weightage of runs at the domestic cricket. But even after 12 seasons of international cricket Rudolph is yet to establish himself in the South African team. But with the propensity of grinding out epics, Rudolph’s insatiable hunger for scoring tonnes of runs makes him one of the game’s greatest batsmen albeit in the First-Class cricket. At the international level modesty has been the order of his career. Sarang Bhalerao looks at the career of Rudolph.

Sarang Bhalerao, Moments in history, Jacques Rudolph, Jacques Rudolph double century on Test debut, Jacques Rudolph Yorkshire, Dean Elgar, Jacques Rudolph Durham, Jacques Rudolph 105 against New Zealand at Dunedin, Graeme Smith, Michael Vaughan

May 4 2013, 11:34 pm

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Sydney Barnes: Not many would debate that he was the greatest bowler ever in the history of cricket

Sydney Barnes: Not many would debate that he was the greatest bowler ever in the history of cricket

Sydney Barnes, born April 19, 1873, was perhaps the best ever bowler in cricket. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the career of the man who took 189 wickets at 16.43 in 27 Tests.

Arunabha Sengupta, Moments in history, Sydney Barnes, Sydney Barnes 17 for 159 at Johannesburg, Sydney Barnes 49 wickets in four Test matches, Wilfred Rhodes, Jack Hobbs, Victor Trumper, Sydney Barnes 1902 Ashes, Hugh Tayfield

April 19 2013, 6:21 pm

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CB Fry - A life worth living

CB Fry - A life worth living

Cricket 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.

Arunabha Sengupta, CB Fry, Don Bradman, KS Ranjitsinhji, Mike Procter, CB Fry six First-Class centuries in consecutive innings, Sussex, Neville Cardus, CB Fry Southampton football team, WG Grace, Moments in history

April 26 2013, 12:04 pm

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Ranji Trophy: Mumbais 39 title triumphs — Part 2 of 4

Ranji Trophy: Mumbai's 39 title triumphs — Part 2 of 4

The ongoing Ranji Trophy final marks Mumbai’s 44th appearance in the title round. The team has triumphed a whopping 39 times. This is the second of the four part series in which ArunabhaSengupta briefly sketches the previous Mumbai wins in the history of the tournament.

Arunabha Sengupta, Mumbai, Moments in history, Serials, Mumbai Ranji Trophy, Mumbai Ranji players, Ranji Trophy, Ramakant Desai, Dilip Sardesai, Ashok Mankad, Madhav Apte, Vijay Manjrekar, Salim Durani

January 27 2013, 12:37 pm

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