Players / Brian Statham

Frank Tyson

'I wanted to stop batsmen from getting on to the front foot'

May 16, 2013: The Typhoon remembers being at his fastest, chopping willow trees to get strong, and the mateship of the 1954-55 English side

1955

Plumbing the depths

Jan 12, 2013: When New Zealand set an unwelcome Test record that still stands almost 60 years later

ICC Hall of Fame

Statham inducted into Hall of Fame

Aug 31, 2009: Statham, who died in 2000 aged 69, represented England in 70 Tests picking up 252 wickets

Nari Contractor

'Take it one ball at a time'

Mar 6, 2008: Once India's youngest Test captain, Contractor took India to a famous Test series victory over England before his career was cut short by a wicked bouncer

January 2006

No Brylcreem or ballyhoo

Jan 1, 2006: Unpretentious and always happy to warn a batsman he was about to bowl a bouncer, Brian Statham's dignity won over Gillian Reynolds

Australia v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Cairns, 5th day

A 109-year old tradition

Jul 13, 2004: Shane Warne came tantalisingly close to breaking Muttiah Muralitharan's record of 527 Test wickets in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Cairns

Immovable object, irresistible force

Jul 26, 2003: 1998 Mike Atherton v Allan Donald

Glory Lightly Worn - A Tribute to Brian Statham

Sep 3, 2001: Glory Lightly Worn - A Tribute to Brian Statham Edited and compiled by Rev

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Obituary, 2001

Brian Statham

2001: STATHAM, JOHN BRIAN, CBE, died from leukaemia on June 10, 2000, aged 69

Pankaj Roy's memories of Statham

Jun 22, 2000: Pankaj Roy, the former Indian opener and selector took a trip down memory lane on Wednesday while talking about the great English fast bowler Brian Statham

Statham could drop the ball on a coin: Gopinath

Jun 13, 2000: The death of Brian Statham, that by-word for accuracy, roused memories from a distant past in the minds of two former Indian Test batsmen who matched wits with this master bowler

When Statham came to India

Jun 12, 2000: His Test career lasted from 1951 to 1965, during which he took 252 wickets in 70 Tests at an average of 24.82

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