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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
2003
Crash, bang and Pandora's box is opened
Aug 25, 2012: The day the game of cricket was changed forever
1960
Aug 11, 2012: The sorry tale of South Africa fast bowler Geoff Griffin, who was no-balled out of Test cricket at Lord's in 1960... but not before he had taken a hat-trick

Fixing? It's people like us doing it
Ed Hawkins: It's convenient to blame the underworld for every instance of fixing, but it's ordinary punters behind many of them
The perils of scoffing at failure
Rob Steen: Excessive success can destroy inhibition, and hence the capacity for shame
New Zealand shaken and stirred
Andrew Alderson: The second-innings collapse at Lord's has revived concerns about New Zealand's top order
'The most complete fast bowler I've seen'
Allan Donald on one of the bowlers he found intimidating: the relentless Wasim Akram
The hollow feeling of a Monday morning
Paul Ford: New Zealand offered a glimmer of hope to their fans at Lord's, only to snatch it back and smash it to pieces on day four
Pollard sledges Watson, Dravid is angry
Plays of the day from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai
A talent that didn't know its own worth
Sreesanth wasn't the most likeable team-mate or opponent, but he had skill beyond doubt, which we might have seen the last of
Even at the height of his success with the national side, Sreesanth was a lonely cricketer who felt hard done by
A time for anger, a time for action
Out of the shattered lives of three young men caught up in allegations of fraud, newer and stronger players must emerge
Another season in the bottom half
With some of their big names stumbling this season, Kings XI Punjab were rarely serious contenders for a playoff place
Even at the height of his success with the national side, Sreesanth was a lonely cricketer who felt hard done by
Dravid and the art of T20 captaincy (56)
Despite a small squad bereft of big names, Rajasthan Royals' captain has churned out win after win
Anderson's magic not to be missed (47)
None of the other three England bowlers with 300 Test wickets - or many other of the game's finest swing merchants - could have bowled better than James Anderson at Lord's
Pollard sledges Watson, Dravid is angry (43)
Plays of the day from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai
"Minimise sixes" - Two words sum up farcical contest (40)
The eight-over dash between Bangalore and Chennai was as close as cricket played on the field can get to cricket played on smartphone apps
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