Specials - Movers and Shapers - Cricinfo magazine

The man who was the Golden Age

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

How Victor Trumper came to be the embodiment of cricket's Golden Age, and an emblem for values his countryment still hold dear

The wonder that was Waz

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Despite struggling against injury and illness for much of his career,Akram went on to bring about a seminal change in the way cricket was played

The great black hope

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Atlas of West Indian cricket was a colossus among modest talents

A giant of his time

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A colossus, both as a player and a personality, he was a barracker's delight and Australia's MVP

A prince among batsmen

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Over a century ago, the English game was transformed by an Indian who went on to become the most popular cricketer in the Empire

The wise old king

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

If we don't remember him as an elite legspinner, a thinking captain or one of cricket's true professionals, it's because of the phenomenal work he has done as a commentator, writer and observer

Out of our comfort zone

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The most prolific Test bowler of them all has made a case for tackling cricket by one's own lights, and forced a generation of players and cricket watchers to reassess their conceptions of the game

Agent provocateur

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He was the main event both on and off the field - sledging, jesting, fighting, winning, and getting up people's noses most of all

For love (and money)

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A "professional who batted just like an amateur", he was perceived as businesslike, but was actually a brilliant, spontaneous, original player

Un-Indian idol

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kapil Dev bowled fast at a time when his country didn't produce fast bowlers; his spirit lives on through the style and aggression of modern Indian teams

Man and superman

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Off the field he may have been an awkward hero, on it Garry Sobers was "evolution's ultimate specimen"