Martin Williamson

No-balled out of the game

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

09-Aug-2012•Martin Williamson

The ignorant Olympians

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

28-Jul-2012•Martin Williamson

Citius, Altius... Maximus

In a year when London hosts the Olympics, we look at first-class cricketers who represented Great Britain in the Games

22-Jul-2012•Martin Williamson

When politics killed a tour

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

14-Jul-2012•Martin Williamson

721 all out... in a day

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

30-Jun-2012•Martin Williamson

Gloucestershire batsman Martin Stovold dies aged 56

Martin Stovold, who played as a batsman for Gloucestershire between 1978 and 1982, has died after a lengthy illness

26-Jun-2012•Martin Williamson

Surrey fast bowler David Gibson dies

David Gibson, who took more than 500 wickets as a fast bowler for Surrey, has died in Australia at the age of 76

26-Jun-2012•Martin Williamson

Bad blood, balls and botches

What was supposed to be a fence-mending series between England and Pakistan in 1992 proved to be anything but

16-Jun-2012•Martin Williamson

Swinging in the Jubilee rain

Thirty-five years ago, a weather-marred farce at The Oval

01-Jun-2012•Martin Williamson

Disgraced Tom Tikolo delays elections

A remarkable last-minute court order obtained by disgraced former board chief executive Tom Tikolo prevented Sunday's already delayed Cricket Kenya elections being held

27-May-2012•Martin Williamson

Delayed Cricket Kenya elections go ahead

The delayed Cricket Kenya elections this weekend will go ahead despite a dispute within the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association

25-May-2012•Martin Williamson

Kenyan player being investigated over World Cup 2011 game

The ICC is investigating claims of irregularities involving a Kenyan player during the match against Pakistan at Hambantota during the 2011 World Cup

24-May-2012•Martin Williamson

Bomb threat stops play

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

18-May-2012•Martin Williamson

Cricket's most exclusive club

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

05-May-2012•Martin Williamson

Death on a summer's day

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

21-Apr-2012•Martin Williamson

No victory for democracy

USACA votes back the old guard and stifles hope for the future

18-Apr-2012•Martin Williamson

WG Grace's chilly farewell

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

06-Apr-2012•Martin Williamson

The birth of a nation

We look back to the day Sri Lanka became the eighth country to play Test cricket

24-Mar-2012•Martin Williamson

If it ain't fixed...

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

18-Feb-2012•Martin Williamson

Giving nothing away

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

04-Feb-2012•Martin Williamson

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