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Getting started with a six (or a couple of blobs)

Also, who has the most international hat-tricks? And is Misbah the oldest Test captain ever?

11-Apr-2017•Steven Lynch

What Gayle tells us

T20 batting will move on from him, but for now, as he stands on the verge of yet another monolithic landmark, he is a reminder of what is possible in the game

08-Feb-2017•Jon Hotten

Cricket's greatest bastard

Bad boy WG Grace is easy to love but good boy WG Grace (and the accompanying legend) is hard to bear

01-Apr-2016•Jarrod Kimber

The making of a sporting icon lies in the timing

The legend of great sportsmen like WG Grace, Babe Ruth and Sachin Tendulkar is partly to do with the eras they lived in

05-Oct-2015•Ed Smith

The start of something very special

The 16-year-old WG Grace made an impact in his very first match 150 years ago

13-Jun-2015•Martin Williamson

Champion or cheat?

Either way, WG Grace generated more than his share of column centimetres, in his lifetime and beyond

22-Mar-2015•Ivo Tennant

England's problem with attacking batsmanship

It has taken the country ages to get over its obsession with defensive batting and appreciate that the ball is there to be smashed

26-Nov-2014•Jon Hotten

WG Grace hits out

The good doctor writes a tell-all book

03-Nov-2014•Alan Tyers

The quiet goodbyes

After the emotion of Sachin Tendulkar's last Test, a look at some farewells that didn't go quite so well

25-Nov-2013•Steven Lynch

Bruised but not shaken

Famous incidents when batsmen were hit by bouncers

02-Sep-2013•Steven Lynch

Cricket's greatest bearded XI

And so, for no reason, cricket's greatest beard XI

12-Apr-2013•Matt Cleary

Snow, sleet ... and cricket

In 1903, the English county season got off to a start with a match between London County and Surrey. But the match, which featured WG Grace and Bangalore Jayaram, was played amid sleet and snow showers

06-Apr-2013•Martin Williamson

The incredible legacy of WG Grace

In the space of eight days in 1876, WG Grace scored 839 runs, including two triple hundreds. He shaped the game we know today, inventing technique and influencing bowling

25-Mar-2013•Jon Hotten

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

Test cricket's last-minute arrival

The first Test to be played in England was a hastily put-together affair that took place against the odds

11-Sep-2010•Martin Williamson

England squeeze home in country's first Test

The hastily-arranged match between the Australians and an England XI captained by Lord Harris, now deemed to be the first Test staged in England, was won by the home side but produced a thrilling contest which ebbed and flowed to the end

06-Sep-2010•Martin Williamson

An early pioneer

The sheer longevity of WG Grace's career was remarkable, and some of the records he set might never be equalled

01-Aug-2010•S Rajesh

Amazing Grace

In the late 1800s, one man was synonymous with cricket, and enchanted all who came to see him bat. Truly was he nearly as big as the game

01-Aug-2010•David Frith

The legacy of Grace

If not for the good doctor, cricket might have remained a pastime rather than a great international sport

19-Dec-2009•Matthew Engel

The crowd without the silver lining

It had rained, the conditions were not suitable, but these spectators wanted their monies' worth and just wouldn't go home

27-Jun-2009•Martin Williamson

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