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The end of the innocence

The end of the innocence

The felling of a tailender by Bob Willis triggered the acceptance that helmets were needed in the game

18-May-2013•Martin Williamson

Well done... and straight to prison

Well done... and straight to prison

The tale of a man who took 4 for 49 and was promptly arrested for deserting the army

04-May-2013•Martin Williamson

Opening Pandora's one-day box

Opening Pandora's one-day box

Fifty years ago, an effort to bring crowds back to cricket led to the birth of a new format

20-Apr-2013•Martin Williamson

Snow, sleet ... and cricket

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

Australia's greatest challenge

Australia's greatest challenge

In 1969-70 Australia won their series in India: a battle between spinners and batsmen, played against a background of widespread violence

23-Mar-2013•Martin Williamson

Putting Sachin in the shade

Putting Sachin in the shade

When two Hyderabad schoolboys smashed a record set 18 years earlier by Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli

09-Mar-2013•Martin Williamson

When Lara led a players' strike

When Lara led a players' strike

West Indies cricket hit a new low in November 1998 when the captain and his squad refused to travel to South Africa

23-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

'I've run you out, you ****'

'I've run you out, you ****'

The nadir of Geoff Boycott's brief time as England captain came when he was deliberately run out by one of his own side

09-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Botham, Hollywood and James Bond

Botham, Hollywood and James Bond

When Beefy was told he had the 'looks, build and accent' to be the next 007

26-Jan-2013•Martin Williamson

Plumbing the depths

Plumbing the depths

When New Zealand set an unwelcome Test record that still stands almost 60 years later

12-Jan-2013•Martin Williamson

Desperate times... send for Blowers

Desperate times... send for Blowers

When an injury-ravaged England were so short they almost had to send for Henry Blofeld

15-Dec-2012•Martin Williamson

The Vaseline affair

The Vaseline affair

When a discarded strip of gauze threatened to derail a series

01-Dec-2012•Martin Williamson

When players became cricketers

When players became cricketers

Fifty years ago this month the distinction between amateurs and professionals was finally abolished and they all become simply 'cricketers'

17-Nov-2012•Martin Williamson

The first team from India to visit England

The first team from India to visit England

Fifteen Parsees toured England in 1886, and though the results weren't great, they were well received

03-Nov-2012•Martin Williamson

India opens Pandora's ODI Box

India opens Pandora's ODI Box

They were the slowest country to embrace the one-day game, but they more than made up for it in the years that followed

20-Oct-2012•Martin Williamson

Viv Richards' two-year ban

Viv Richards' two-year ban

When an outburst of petulance led him to do things he regretted years later

06-Oct-2012•Martin Williamson

Geoff Boycott's Indian bore

Geoff Boycott's Indian bore

As the England opener showed, there are occasions when the score itself is less important than the way the runs are accumulated

22-Sep-2012•Martin Williamson

The soggiest of squibs

The soggiest of squibs

At the end of a wet summer, we look back to an even wetter one, and the death of a visionary idea

08-Sep-2012•Martin Williamson

Crash, bang and Pandora's box is opened

Crash, bang and Pandora's box is opened

The day the game of cricket was changed forever

25-Aug-2012•Martin Williamson

No-balled out of the game

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

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