Rob Smyth

The original Brylcreem boy

1918 The birth of Compo

23-May-2003•Rob Smyth

The Big Ship

1879 Birth of the man who led Australia to the only whitewash in Ashes history

22-May-2003•Rob Smyth

Assault and battery

1997 The highest score in one-day international history

21-May-2003•Rob Smyth

The gnome of Essex

1944 The Gnome is born

20-May-2003•Rob Smyth

The Croucher

1874 The original entertainer is born

19-May-2003•Rob Smyth

Spitting cobra

1945 One of India's greatest matchwinners is born

17-May-2003•Rob Smyth

Laker's dress rehearsal

1956 A portentous day at The Oval

16-May-2003•Rob Smyth

Lord of the crease

1935 Lord Ted is born ..

15-May-2003•Rob Smyth

The great innovator

1948 In Kanpur, India, one of cricket's most innovative coaches is born

14-May-2003•Rob Smyth

Sting in the tail

1946 A real sting in the tail at The Oval

13-May-2003•Rob Smyth

When Trumble made 'em tumble

1867 Birth of the first man to take two Test hat-tricks

12-May-2003•Rob Smyth

A tale of two paths

1941 A career of two halves for Australian Ian Redpath , who was born today

11-May-2003•Rob Smyth

'Is it me you're looking for?'

1958 An unsung hero is born

10-May-2003•Rob Smyth

'No Cummins, no goings'

Birth of the West Indian fast bowler Anderson Cummins, a man best known for a match he didn't even play in

07-May-2003•Rob Smyth

405 reasons to believe

1988 When he sits back in 20 years' time to chew on a modest Test average of 31, Graeme Hick will look back at one moment in particular as tantalising proof of what might have been

06-May-2003•Rob Smyth

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