Australian batsman Chris Rogers advanced his Ashes selection hopes with a swashbuckling innings of 184 in Middlesex's English County Championship match with Sussex at Lord's on Thursday.
June 6 2013, 11:35 pm
Read More‘Tich’ Freeman, born May 17, 1888, was an ace British leg-spinner. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the career of a colossus whose stats blow the mind away.
June 13 2013, 10:31 pm
Read MoreOn June 15, 1929 Gubby Allen picked up 10 wickets for 40 runs against Lancashire. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back the last time when a bowler took 10 wickets in an innings at Lord’s.
June 15 2013, 2:03 am
Read MoreOn June 11, 2008, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) inked a lucrative deal with the American billionaire Allen Stanford. It was supposed to be the ‘golden goose’ that gave England some standing in a world that was ‘threatened’ by the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, it all fizzled out in dramatic circumstances. Nishad Pai Vaidya looks back at a forgettable episode in English cricket.
June 11 2013, 9:50 am
Read MoreFormer Middlesex and England captain Mike Gatting was born on June 6, 1957. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at one of those controversial characters who added flavour to the sport.
June 8 2013, 9:22 am
Read MoreChris Rogers gave Australia a timely Ashes boost with a fine double century in Middlesex's county championship draw against Surrey at Lord's on Sunday.
May 7 2013, 1:10 pm
Read MoreDenis Compton, born May 23, 1918, was one of the greatest batsmen of England whose career might have traced even higher paths if he had not been hampered by a near-crippling knee injury. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the knight in shining armour of English cricket who brightened up the drab post-War days of the country with his breath-taking batting.
May 23 2013, 2:14 pm
Read MoreOn May 22, 1907 Albert Trott became the first bowler to take two hat-tricks in a single First-Class innings. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at one of the rarest feats in the history of the sport.
May 22 2013, 3:59 pm
Read MoreFormer England captain Mike Gatting was on Wednesday named President of the historic Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
May 2 2013, 5:02 pm
Read MoreMike Selvey, born on April 25, 1948, played three Tests for England in 1976-77. On his debut, he accounted for the wickets of Roy Fredericks, Vivian Richards and Alvin Kallicharran, but that couldn’t prevent his side from being battered. Later, he stayed connected to the game by becoming the Guardian’s cricket correspondent. Karthik Parimal looks back at the short career of this cricketer-turned-journalist.
April 26 2013, 5:21 pm
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