Gary Sobers, arguably the greatest cricketer of all times, made his Test debut on March 30, 1954. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the stepping-stone of an amazing career.
March 30 2013, 4:37 pm
Read MoreForty four years ago, Malcolm Nash of Glamorgan bowled the most famous over in the history of First-class cricket. Arunabha Sengupta does a ball by ball analysis of the day Gary Sobers launched into an explosive exhibition of his genius.
November 8 2012, 9:33 pm
Read MoreArthur Wellard, born April 8, 1902, was a useful bowling all-rounder, whose big hitting ability has made him a legend in the cricketing chronicles. He scored 12, 485 runs in First-Class cricket at a rather modest average of 19.73. With the ball, he was distinctly more successful, 1,614 wickets at 24.35. What remains amazing is that the sixes he hit numbered over 500, amounting to roughly a quarter of his career runs. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the career of the man who scored more than a quarter of his runs with sixes.
April 8 2013, 4:12 pm
Read MoreThe West Indies batting great Brian Lara says it is an "humbling experience" to be selected for induction into the Hall of Fame alongside some of the world's greatest cricketers.
September 15 2012, 3:16 pm
Read MoreA fantastic all-rounder good enough to play both as a specialist batsman or a specialist bowler, Vinoo Mankad is one of the seven players who are to be posthumously honoured by BCCI. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the career of the man who batted at every position in Test cricket.
October 28 2012, 9:10 pm
Read MoreMarch 21, 1949. The birth of one of the most graceful left-handed batsmen of West Indies, who carried the team single-handedly during one of the most demanding phases. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the colourful career of Alvin Kallicharran.
March 21 2013, 11:58 am
Read MoreIn an era of four spinners, Devraj Govindraj bowled quick – and well enough to be a part of the victorious tours of West Indies and England in 1970-71. Although he did not play in the Test matches, there are many fantastic memories. In an exclusive interview to Cricketcountry’s Arunabha Sengupta, Govindraj speaks about his wonderful experiences during those historic occasions.
January 27 2013, 8:09 pm
Read MoreAs Yuvraj Singh and Stuart Broad come face to face in the 2012 T20 World Cup on Sunday, the mind goes back to the inaugural championship five years ago when the flamboyant Indian took the towering Englishman to the cleaners in what was an unforgettable six-ball blitz.
December 12 2012, 1:52 pm
Read MoreIn the second part of the statistics across eras series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at the top batsmen across the history of cricket by the decades, and finds that the career average actually does not quite lie.
November 21 2012, 4:40 pm
Read MoreTwenty 20 is the rage of the day, and modern cricketers are growing up with their techniques tuned to this instant variety of the game. However, there have been quite a few huge hitters in the pre-Twenty20 history of the game who would have been ideal for this format.Arunabha Senguptalists some of the names who missed out by being born in an earlier era.
November 8 2012, 10:29 pm
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