1971

India's day of glory

Aug 13, 2011: India came to England in 1971 with a record of no wins and 15 defeats in their 19 Tests... but all that changed at The Oval

Obituary, 2006

Brian Luckhurst

2006:

Brian Luckhurst 1939 - 2005

500 mourners attend Luckhurst funeral

Mar 17, 2005: Brian Luckhurst, the former England batsman who died earlier this month after a 51-year association with Kent County Cricket Club, has been laid to rest in the village of Alkham near Dover

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1971

Brian Luckhurst

Mar 1, 2005: Brian Luckhurst - Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1971

RIP former Kent and England batsman

Brian Luckhurst dies aged 66

Mar 1, 2005: Brian Luckhurst, the former Kent and England batsman, died on Tuesday at the age of 66

July 2000

The best of the best?

Jul 2000: The cancellation of South Africa's 1970 tour of England left the TCCB with a headache but the Rest o f the World XI provided an exhilarating tonic

CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 1971

Brian Luckhurst

1971: In the late summer of 1953 two fourteen-year-old boys took the last bus from Sittingbourne to London and slept outside The Oval to make certain of seeing the final Test of the series between England and Lindsay Hassett's Australians