Players / Bob Massie

Bobby's day out

Jul 18, 2013: Forty-odd years ago, Australia went into a Lord's Test as underdogs, one down in the series, and came out smelling of roses

Cricinfo XI

Off to a flier

Jun 14, 2007: Darren Sammy's return of 7 for 66 on his debut for West Indies at Old Trafford was not quite enough to give his side victory, nor did it put him in the top XI of best returns on debut. Here are the best of the best

Cricinfo XI

Ashes flashes

Nov 23, 2006: This week's CricInfo XI centres on those English and Australian cricketers who have saved their best performances for their country for the main event - the Ashes

The best Ashes bowling

Scattered stumps and hexed batsmen

Jul 29, 2005: Andrew Miller picks out the finest bowling in Anglo-Australian history

1972 Ashes recalled

Massie's mystery, Lillee's menace

Jun 4, 1997: In the Ashes series of 1972 the weather was hostile, the pitches indifferent and crowds at Old Trafford and Headingley stayed away

June 1980

Whatever happened to Bob Massie?

Jun 1980: Eight summers ago a 25-year-old Western Australia bowler, Bob Massie, was front page news on both sides of the world after dismissing 16 England batsmen for 137 at Lord's in his first appearance in Test cricket. Today he plays his cricket in comparative o

CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 1973

Bob Massie

1973: It needed no crystal ball to deduce that the greatest cricket match in Bob Massie's life was the Lord's Test in 1972 when his own personal contribution of 16 wickets gave Australia a magnificent victory and squared the series at that point