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2005
'Scared dinkum' and dead-drunk Australians
Jun 15, 2013: A drunk allrounder and players scared witless by a ghost provided an unsettling start to Australia's 2005 Ashes campaign
2004
Jun 1, 2013: The 2004 Champions Trophy 'deserved to be ranked … in the list of the Great Sporting Fiascos of our time'
1978
May 18, 2013: The felling of a tailender by Bob Willis triggered the acceptance that helmets were needed in the game
1880
Well done... and straight to prison
May 4, 2013: The tale of a man who took 4 for 49 and was promptly arrested for deserting the army
1963
Apr 20, 2013: Fifty years ago, an effort to bring crowds back to cricket led to the birth of a new format
1903
Apr 6, 2013: In 1903, the English county season got off to a start with a match between London County and Surrey. But the match, which featured WG Grace and Bangalore Jayaram, was played amid sleet and snow showers
1969
Australia's greatest challenge
Mar 23, 2013: In 1969-70 Australia won their series in India: a battle between spinners and batsmen, played against a background of widespread violence
2006
Mar 9, 2013: When two Hyderabad schoolboys smashed a record set 18 years earlier by Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli
1998
When Lara led a players' strike
Feb 23, 2013: West Indies cricket hit a new low in November 1998 when the captain and his squad refused to travel to South Africa
1978
Feb 9, 2013: The nadir of Geoff Boycott's brief time as England captain came when he was deliberately run out by one of his own side
1985
Botham, Hollywood and James Bond
Jan 26, 2013: When Beefy was told he had the 'looks, build and accent' to be the next 007
1955
Jan 12, 2013: When New Zealand set an unwelcome Test record that still stands almost 60 years later
1964
Desperate times... send for Blowers
Dec 15, 2012: When an injury-ravaged England were so short they almost had to send for Henry Blofeld
1977
Dec 1, 2012: When a discarded strip of gauze threatened to derail a series
1962
When players became cricketers
Nov 17, 2012: Fifty years ago this month the distinction between amateurs and professionals was finally abolished and they all become simply 'cricketers'
1886
The first team from India to visit England
Nov 3, 2012: Fifteen Parsees toured England in 1886, and though the results weren't great, they were well received
1981
Oct 20, 2012: They were the slowest country to embrace the one-day game, but they more than made up for it in the years that followed
1969
Oct 6, 2012: When an outburst of petulance led him to do things he regretted years later
1967
Sep 22, 2012: As the England opener showed, there are occasions when the score itself is less important than the way the runs are accumulated
1912
Sep 8, 2012: At the end of a wet summer, we look back to an even wetter one, and the death of a visionary idea

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Rob Steen: While players are pulled up for various deeds of misconduct, administrators get away
Switch Hit: Mark Butcher joins the team to preview the Champions Trophy semi-finals
'He was going to run all over you'
My XI: Allan Donald on the most intimidating bowlers he has seen. Right up there: Malcolm Marshall
Mahesh Sethuraman: Every time Karthik looked set to cement his spot, Dhoni seemed to emerge as an obstacle. Until now
India prepare quietly ahead of big clash
India look at ease as they train quietly and purposefully on the eve of their semi-final against Sri Lanka in Cardiff
Why India have had success in this Champions Trophy
The unexpected conditions in England have favoured India's adventurous batting
Lots of rumour, but no hard evidence
The words of a former England captain turned commentator have sparked a controversy around the Champions Trophy hosts but, as yet, there is no hard evidence
Pakistan were cheered fanatically to three defeats and an embarrassing Champions Trophy exit
A contest that brings cricket alive
The game can often seem dreary, predictable and endless. Not when India and Pakistan play each other
India prepare quietly ahead of big clash (186)
India look at ease as they train quietly and purposefully on the eve of their semi-final against Sri Lanka in Cardiff
Why India have had success in this Champions Trophy (87)
The unexpected conditions in England have favoured India's adventurous batting
The day the laughter died (70)
Pakistan were cheered fanatically to three defeats and an embarrassing Champions Trophy exit
Pakistan have always looked wistfully at the batting riches produced across the border
Batting trips up Pakistan again (48)
The Champions Trophy debacle was just another example of how frail Pakistan's batting has been over the last few years
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