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2003

Crash, bang and Pandora's box is opened

Aug 25, 2012: The day the game of cricket was changed forever

Martin Williamson

1960

No-balled out of the game

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

Martin Williamson

1900

The ignorant Olympians

Jul 28, 2012: In 1900, Great Britain won the only Olympic cricket tournament to have been held - but they were totally unaware they had even competed in the Games

Martin Williamson

1970

When politics killed a tour

Jul 14, 2012: The planned 1970 South Africa tour of England divided the cricketing world, and left many grounds vandalised or surrounded with barbed wire

Martin Williamson

1948

721 all out... in a day

Jun 30, 2012: Essex were the only county to bowl the 1948 Australians out, and what's more they did so in a day - but not before the tourists had amassed a world record score

Martin Williamson

1992

Bad blood, balls and botches

Jun 16, 2012: What was supposed to be a fence-mending series between England and Pakistan in 1992 proved to be anything but

Martin Williamson

1977

Swinging in the Jubilee rain

Jun 2, 2012: Thirty-five years ago, a weather-marred farce at The Oval

Martin Williamson

1973

Bomb threat stops play

May 19, 2012: When a hoax call led to thousands of spectators taking to the outfield at Lord's while the ground was searched

Martin Williamson

1938

Cricket's most exclusive club

May 5, 2012: As Nick Compton closes in on becoming only the ninth batsman to score 1000 runs before the end of May, we look back to when two did it within four days of each other

Martin Williamson

1870

Death on a summer's day

Apr 21, 2012: In a week where a county moaned about the state of the pitch at Lord's, we look back to the day a batsman was killed on the same ground

Martin Williamson

1908

WG Grace's chilly farewell

Apr 7, 2012: An early-season game at The Oval in freezing cold over a century ago marked the exit of one of cricket's great legends

Martin Williamson

1982

The birth of a nation

Mar 24, 2012: We look back to the day Sri Lanka became the eighth country to play Test cricket

Martin Williamson

1994

If it ain't fixed...

Feb 18, 2012: As Mervyn Westfield heads to prison, we look back at when the first claims of match-fixing in English domestic cricket emerged

Martin Williamson

1964

Giving nothing away

Feb 4, 2012: Those who claim cricket in the old days was dull need not look further back than the opening Test between India and England in 1963-64 for evidence

Martin Williamson

1973

A Test hundred with a hangover

Jan 21, 2012: Garry Sobers starred in an innings victory after a night (and some of the day) about the town

Martin Williamson

1977

It began in Sydney

Dec 17, 2011: Pakistan cricket's rise in modern times can be traced back to a landmark win in Australia 35 years ago

Saad Shafqat

1968

The speedboat and the toes

Dec 3, 2011: Touring the Caribbean is a far from easy affair for cricketers, but Fred Titmus returned home more mangled than most

Martin Williamson

1958-59

Captains galore

Nov 19, 2011: India's selectors during the 1958-59 series against West Indies spent more time on political infighting than addressing the team's problems

Martin Williamson

1877

Test cricket's first gambling victim

Nov 5, 2011: England's wicketkeeper was missing from the first Test ever in 1877 because he had been arrested after a fight caused by gambling on a game he was umpiring

Martin Williamson

1939

The tour that never was

Oct 22, 2011: England were scheduled to tour India in 1939-40 and the squad had been named. Then other events took over

Martin Williamson
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