Stuart Wark

Remembering the 1906 Wanderers thriller

Jan 13, 2016 Nearly 110 years ago, South Africa held their nerve in a one-wicket nail-biter against England to secure their first ever Test win

England's 1894 SCG miracle

Aug 14, 2015 With defeat imminent, they were drinking their sorrows away but on the last day they scripted one of the greatest turnarounds in Test cricket

Takes a licking, keeps on ticking

Mar 16, 2014 A look at some brave efforts from injured batsmen who managed to return to the field to resume the fight

The best player not to play a Test

Nov 22, 2013 From the mid 1890s until the First World War, the Philadelphia Gentlemen could match the world's best sides. All thanks to Bart King

The original Little Master

Aug 25, 2013 Hanif Mohammad almost single-handedly carried Pakistan's batting in their early days as a Test nation

Stuart Wark

One-day cricket turns fifty? Not quite

Jun 5, 2013 Michael Turner, the Midlands Knockout Competition, and the origin of the limited-overs format

So you're not a keeper?

Apr 14, 2013 Today any failed selection is called a blunder. But back in 1890, in a case of mistaken identity, Australia picked a batsman as their reserve gloveman for the tour of England

Zimbabwe

The greatest Zimbabweans?

Mar 23, 2013 Which is the best-ever team from Zimbabwe? The obvious answer would be the 1998 side that won a series in Pakistan but, pre-independence, Rhodesia were a powerful force in South African domestic cricket

Australia in India

Remembering Australia's first tour of India

Feb 27, 2013 The Australian cricketers of 1956-57 were not so keen to tour India as they are today but that first encounter was memorable for a number of reasons