Martin Williamson

How taking a tablet allegedly given to him by his mother to get rid of a double chin cost the legspinner a year of his career

The relatively modest sums from the first three World Cups were overshadowed by the sale of TV rights in subsequent editions

The low-key launch of the tournament in 1975

Australia's international tri-series came out of financial necessity and the need to appease a broadcaster

When the 41-year-old former captain came out of retirement to lead Australia against India

In 1962, India's captain, Nari Contractor, was left critically ill after being hit on the head by a West Indian fast bowler

In 1899 a 13-year-old orphan at Clifton College established a world record which stands to this day

The tour of Pakistan that was nearly aborted due to unrest relating to the Bangladeshi independence movement

Ian Chappell and two of his team-mates took on Viv Richards the fielder in the 1975 World Cup final, and lost

England arrived in Australia full of hope... and left routed, battered and bewildered

The story of the great actor-cricketer Charles Aubrey Smith, and Hollywood CC, founded in the early '30s

When the County Championship was controversially tied for the last time after a gripping finale to the season

How a row over the appointment of an umpire at the start of 1982 eventually led to the Shakoor Rana-Mike Gatting stand-off

As losses mounted at the start of World War I, cricket continued to rumble on until the public outcry grew too loud

When Eknath Solkar got under the skin of Geoff Boycott, leading to a three-year self-imposed exile from Test cricket

David Gower was on the verge of being dropped for good at The Oval in 1990 before he scored a charismatic 157 against India

Fred Trueman was called up by England because he was fast... as India's fragile batting line-up discovered on his debut at Headingley

South Africa's lack of preparation was there for all to see as they started a series by being bowled out for a record low score

Six weeks after smashing 375, then the highest Test score, Brian Lara became the only man to pass 500 in first-class cricket

A seemingly run-of-the-mill Championship match grabbed the headlines when a player was found dead in his bed on the second morning of the game