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The ignorant internationals

The ignorant internationals

A look back to a Test series where some of those taking part never knew they had become international cricketers

27-Nov-2009•Martin Williamson

The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen

As England kick off their series in South Africa, we look back to a tour that drew the fury of the wider world

13-Nov-2009•Martin Williamson

Icebergs, snowstorms and 'the fair sex'

Icebergs, snowstorms and 'the fair sex'

When 12 English professionals set out on the first major overseas tour of all

31-Oct-2009•Martin Williamson

Barnett's bowl-out blues

Barnett's bowl-out blues

When Derbyshire's bowlers found it all but impossible to hit a set of unguarded stumps

10-Oct-2009•Martin Williamson

Luck and a helicopter

Luck and a helicopter

The 1976 John Player League went down to the wire... and left the BBC relying on guesswork to avoid backing a losing horse

26-Sep-2009•Martin Williamson

Saved by the detour

Saved by the detour

It was New Zealand's second Test series in Sri Lanka. The first match was dull as ditch water. Then things hotted up

12-Sep-2009•Kanishkaa Balachandran

The gathering storm

The gathering storm

In 1939 the entire summer was overshadowed by the escalating crisis in Europe

04-Sep-2009•Martin Williamson

So nearly Botham's annus horribilis

So nearly Botham's annus horribilis

It was Botham's Summer but before that, it very nearly ended in tears

10-Jul-2009•Martin Williamson

The crowd without the silver lining

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

When the boot was on the other foot

When the boot was on the other foot

A decade ago it was Ricky Ponting in the firing line, in circumstances similar to the ones Andrew Symonds finds himself in these days

13-Jun-2009•Martin Williamson

I do declare

I do declare

Few incidents have been as cynical as Somerset's declaration after one over of their Benson & Hedges Cup one-dayer against Worcestershire

23-May-2009•Martin Williamson

Australia's old new ball

Australia's old new ball

When a captain decided to open the innings with an old ball and two spinners

09-May-2009•Martin Williamson

An unsavoury farce

An unsavoury farce

As plans emerge of an unauthorised cricket tournament planned to be staged in New York in October, we look back on a private venture that was stillborn

25-Apr-2009•Martin Williamson

Cricket's original sin

Cricket's original sin

Match-fixing has blighted the game in recent years, but things are no worse now than in an era widely regarded as being far more chivalrous

18-Apr-2009•Martin Williamson

Cricket's first centurion

Cricket's first centurion

The man who entered the record books for scoring the game's first recorded hundred

04-Apr-2009•Martin Williamson

Dropped over a drink

Dropped over a drink

When a telephone call to a hotel front desk resulted in an unceremonious exit for Subhash Gupte and Kripal Singh

28-Mar-2009•Martin Williamson

When women took over Lord's

When women took over Lord's

When a bastion of male chauvinism was taken over by the women

20-Mar-2009•Martin Williamson

Calling time on eternity

Calling time on eternity

How the Durban game 70 years ago sounded the death knell for timeless Tests

14-Mar-2009•Martin Williamson

When 10 days were not enough

When 10 days were not enough

A first-hand account of the famous timeless Test in Durban 70 years ago

07-Mar-2009•Douglas Alexander

Australia's no pay, no play tour

Australia's no pay, no play tour

The final hurrah of the old South African regime was a series riven by discontent and ended in humiliation for Australia

28-Feb-2009•Martin Williamson

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