Matches (13)

ENG vs IND (1)

ZIM vs NZ (1)

WI vs PAK (1)

County DIV1 (5)

County DIV2 (4)

U19 Tri Series (ZIM) (1)

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When Nasser was booed at The Oval

They might be the world No. 1 at the moment, but exactly 12 years ago a defeat at The Oval left England at the bottom of the table

27-Aug-2011•Martin Williamson

India's day of glory

India came to England in 1971 with a record of no wins and 15 defeats in their 19 Tests... but all that changed at The Oval

13-Aug-2011•Martin Williamson

Parsimonious perfection

While today a dot ball in limited-overs cricket is often seen as an achievement, in 1969 a Somerset spinner finished with figures of 8-8-0-0 in a 40-over match

30-Jul-2011•Martin Williamson

India's all-time low

At Lord's in 1974, India were bowled out in a little over an hour for 42, in a series which started full of promise but soon fell apart

16-Jul-2011•Martin Williamson

BC Cooray's nightmare

In early 2001 an umpire united both sides as well as spectators in agreement that his officiating was atrocious

02-Jul-2011•Martin Williamson

England's one-off Test ground

While another Test ground makes its debut, the salutary example of Bramall Lane, England's forgotten Test venue, should not be overlooked

18-Jun-2011•Martin Williamson

Sri Lanka's impressive Lord's debut

On paper, when England and Sri Lanka met for the first time in England at Lord's in the late summer of 1984, there should have only been one winner ... but Sri Lanka had other ideas

04-Jun-2011•Martin Williamson

The most explosive innings of all time?

One hundred years ago this week, 27-year-old Ted Alletson played what remains one of the most brutal knocks in any form of cricket

21-May-2011•Martin Williamson

Fast... but black

In 1892 an unknown bowler called Krom Hendricks was at the heart of a row that was to cast a shadow over South African cricket for almost a century

07-May-2011•Martin Williamson

The low-key birth of one-day cricket

At a time when English domestic cricket is under constant review, we look back to when a county secretary had an idea that revolutionised the game

09-Apr-2011•Martin Williamson

South Africa end up on the wrong end of a rain-rule farce in the World Cup

In the game against England, the World Cup newbies fell afoul of the new, supposedly fairer, rain rule

•Martin Williamson

The wrong trousers

The 2003 World Cup was hardly cricket's finest hour ... but perhaps the most embarrassing incident for the hosts came at an otherwise forgettable match between India and Netherlands at Paarl in the first week

26-Feb-2011•Martin Williamson

Sunil Gavaskar's World Cup go-slow

The first World Cup match saw the most bizarre of innings from Sunil Gavaskar

12-Feb-2011•Martin Williamson

Underhand, underarm

Why Greg Chappell instructed brother Trevor to bowl the infamous underarm delivery, and the subsequent fallout

29-Jan-2011•Martin Williamson

The Denness affair

When a match referee started a row that briefly threatened to rip world cricket apart on racial lines

15-Jan-2011•Martin Williamson

South Africa return the favour

When the time came for South Africa to host their first international series after readmission, it was only natural they pick India

01-Jan-2011•Siddhartha Talya

The thirty-year feud

In a week where Ian Botham and Ian Chappell had to be prised apart in a car park, Martin Williamson looks back at the 33-year feud between the pair

11-Dec-2010•Martin Williamson

'A fine ****ing way to start a series'

Few tours have got off to a more controversial and acrimonious start than the first post-war Ashes series

27-Nov-2010•Martin Williamson

'One of the most undignified incidents in Test history'

At Perth in November 1981, Dennis Lillee and Javed Miandad were involved in an incident which tarnished not only their reputations, but also the image of Test cricket

13-Nov-2010•Martin Williamson

The run-out that sparked a riot

When the first match in the inaugural Asian Test Championship descended into chaos with the controversial run-out of India's hero Sachin Tendulkar

30-Oct-2010•Martin Williamson

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