Neville 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 MoreOn June 17, 1921, the doyen of cricket writers, Neville Cardus, started the longest partnership of his life. Arunabha Sengupta relives the occasion, reflecting on the enchanting Cardus anecdote about the county match that was not really played that day and some more tales of the legend.
January 26 2013, 7:16 pm
Read MoreArunabha Sengupta recalls the day when he had interrupted his pilgrimage of English cricket grounds to visit Manchester United, shrine of Sir Alex Ferguson, the longest-serving manager of the club, who announced his retirement on Wednesday after a 27-year-old association with the club.
May 9 2013, 4:01 pm
Read MoreNeville Cardus - Cricket's Celebrated Writer
December 2 2012, 5:18 pm
Read MoreNeville Cardus - What A Wordsmith!
November 22 2012, 6:31 pm
Read MoreMay 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 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 MoreMuch of the epic romance of cricket was peerlessly documented for over half a century by the lyrical pen of the immortal Sir Neville Cardus. Seldom available on the shelves of modern day book shops, the half-recalled memory of the bewitching accounts enticedArunabha Senguptaenough to embark upon a journey to find the elusive volumes of epic cricket reportage.
October 11 2012, 12:47 pm
Read MoreMuch of the epic romance of cricket was peerlessly documented for over half a century by the lyrical pen of the immortal Sir Neville Cardus. Seldom available on the shelves of modern day book shops, the half-recalled memory of the bewitching accounts enticedArunabha Senguptaenough to embark upon a journey to find the elusive volumes of epic cricket reportage.
October 11 2012, 12:47 pm
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