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(c)Cricinfo en-gb The word was infamously uttered by England captain Tony Greig in 1976, and it's made a reappearance nearly 50 years later http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1512990.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1512990.html Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:56:28 GMT The showdown between Allan Donald and Michael Atherton at Trent Bridge in 1998 was brutal and engrossing http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/144135.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/144135.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In the Test Trial of 1950 Jim Laker, who had been rejected by Yorkshire, returned to his home of Bradford and took the remarkable figures of 8 for 2 http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/144863.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/144863.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The summer of 1947 was the zenith for the County Championship, and of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/925349.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/925349.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brian Close and John Edrich won plenty of admirers - and took as many hits - on a brutal evening in Manchester in 1976 http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/921731.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/921731.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Had India pulled off a remarkable victory at The Oval in 1979, Sunil Gavaskar's 221 would be up there as the greatest Test innings http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/917805.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/917805.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Playing a Test to the finish, however long that might take, seemed a good idea once upon a time. 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