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When touring cost a fortune

When touring cost a fortune

England women's second tour of Australia and New Zealand was another triumph - once it got underway that was

09-Feb-2008•Jenny Thompson

A triumph of concentration

A triumph of concentration

We turn the clock back 50 years, to one of Test cricket's most remarkable rearguards

02-Feb-2008•Saad Shafqat

'We won't have niggers in this hotel'

'We won't have niggers in this hotel'

When Learie Constantine was refused a room in a London hotel ... because of his colour

26-Jan-2008•Martin Williamson

No smoking, drinking, gambling ... or men

No smoking, drinking, gambling ... or men

Over 70 years ago England undertook the first women's tour of Australia and New Zealand

19-Jan-2008•Jenny Thompson

Safety first?

Safety first?

When a bomb blast outside a team hotel was not enough to cause the cancellation of a tour

12-Jan-2008•Martin Williamson

Bulb breaks on nights in whites

Bulb breaks on nights in whites

The players agreed on two things about day-night matches during the Sheffield Shield's part-time new look between 1994-95 and 1998-99: it was a great concept but the balls weren't good enough under lights

15-Dec-2007•Peter English

International man of mastery rocks the Gabba

International man of mastery rocks the Gabba

Richard Hadlee's dominance in the 1985-86 series win over Australia

08-Dec-2007•Peter English

The circus comes to town

The circus comes to town

The first day of Kerry Packer's brave new world

30-Nov-2007•Martin Williamson

The cruellest hoax

The cruellest hoax

Cricketers are renowned for practical jokes and winding up colleagues, but in August 1933 Essex's Peter Smith was the victim of something that bordered on cruel

24-Nov-2007•Martin Williamson

It ain't over until it's over

It ain't over until it's over

In the days before television coverage was a given at almost every international match anywhere in the world, many controversial incidents, which would now be endlessly replayed and analysed were hardly even commented upon

21-Nov-2007•Martin Williamson

Underarm but not underhand

Underarm but not underhand

When a wicketkeeper came on to bowl - in his pads - and took 4 for 8 ... and all in an Ashes Test

17-Nov-2007•Martin Williamson

The oldest international contest of them all

The oldest international contest of them all

And no, it isn't England v Australia

09-Nov-2007•Martin Williamson

First love

First love

India's series win over an England side that included Geoff Boycott, John Edrich, Dennis Amiss, John Snow, Peter Lever, Ray Illingworth, Derek Underwood and Alan Knott

02-Nov-2007•Partab Ramchand

Ranji and racism

Ranji and racism

When KS Ranjitsinhji's selection for England was blocked by the MCC

20-Oct-2007•Martin Williamson

The cradle of cricket

The cradle of cricket

Hambledon's name conjures up an image of rustic locals playing the game in front of the Bat and Ball pub. The reality is quite different

13-Oct-2007•Martin Williamson

The Oval, drugs and rock'n'roll

The Oval, drugs and rock'n'roll

When the Who and the Faces headlined a rock festival at The Oval

06-Oct-2007•Martin Williamson

Pop goes the Oval

Pop goes the Oval

Surrey's idea in 1971 to raise much-needed income by staging a rock concert

29-Sep-2007•Martin Williamson

Sobers' six of the best

Sobers' six of the best

When Garry Sobers entered the record books as the first man to hit every ball in an over for maximum

22-Sep-2007•Martin Williamson

When the Don met the Babe

When the Don met the Babe

Donald Bradman's visit to USA and Canada in 1932

15-Sep-2007•Mathew Varghese

Boycott's Headingley heaven

Boycott's Headingley heaven

In Yorkshire in August 1977 news of Elvis Presley's death and England regaining the Ashes paled into insignificance as Geoff Boycott scored his hundredth hundred

25-Aug-2007•Martin Williamson

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