1999

A word in your ear

Oct 30, 2018 | Rewind to
When Bob Woolmer and Hansie Cronje fell foul of the ICC in their attempt to use technology to help their communication

How the World Cup became a commercial hit

Oct 30, 2018 The relatively modest sums from the first three World Cups were overshadowed by the sale of TV rights in subsequent editions

The deadly arm of Viv Richards

Oct 30, 2018 | World Cup Vignette
Ian Chappell and two of his team-mates took on Viv Richards the fielder in the 1975 World Cup final, and lost

'Never run off a misfield'

Oct 30, 2018 When Ian Chappell took on Viv Richards and lost

The summer of a man's life

Oct 3, 2015 | Rewind to
The summer of 1947 was the zenith for the County Championship, and of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich

1976

Facing Holding with a little thin towel

Sep 19, 2015 | Rewind to
Brian Close and John Edrich won plenty of admirers - and took as many hits - on a brutal evening in Manchester in 1976

1979

When Sunny made 438 look gettable

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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

The Oval grind of 1938

Aug 22, 2015 | Rewind to
Playing a Test to the finish, however long that might take, seemed a good idea once upon a time. But a 900-plus total showed why that wasn't the case

1981

Beefy's 28-ball Ashes broadside

Aug 8, 2015 | Rewind to
Ian Botham had had a quiet match at Edgbaston in 1981, until he was summoned into the attack for one last burst at the Australians

1972

The fungus that floored the Aussies

Jul 25, 2015 | Rewind to
Australia's 1972 tourists were fuming after the pitch at Leeds was left bare, slow and perfectly suited to the bowling of England's Derek Underwood