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Clothes maketh the men

Clothes maketh the men

The time when the ground, the umpires and the players were ready... but they had nothing to wear

21-Feb-2009•Martin Williamson

Sabina farce

Sabina farce

A look back to the scene of a curtailed Caribbean Test, the first of the1997-98 West Indies-England series

09-Feb-2009•Martin Williamson

Cricket's craziest confusion

Cricket's craziest confusion

Cricket history is littered with daft run-outs, but none quite as bizarre as the one at The Oval 87 years ago

31-Jan-2009•Martin Williamson

The birth of Test cricket

The birth of Test cricket

A look back to the first game in cricket's premier format

22-Jan-2009•Martin Williamson

When the women set the agenda

When the women set the agenda

A casual after-dinner chat over a spot of sherry between two sporting stalwarts spawned the first World Cup - and it was played by women

19-Jan-2009•Jenny Thompson

Anything Goes for Gower

Anything Goes for Gower

When a press conference got all too much for the England captain

17-Jan-2009•Martin Williamson

Hanif betters Bradman

Hanif betters Bradman

When the Little Master went past The Don's record for the highest first-class score

10-Jan-2009•Saad Shafqat

'The prat without a hat'

'The prat without a hat'

When Chris Lewis went down with what journalist Simon Barnes described as "the most idiotic cricket injury of all time"

13-Dec-2008•Martin Williamson

Beyond the call of duty

Beyond the call of duty

When Sutcliffe and Blair set Boxing Day aglow with their courage, in "a story every New Zealand boy should learn at his mother's knee"

06-Dec-2008•Martin Williamson

The show must go on

The show must go on

Two assassinations left England's tour of India in 1984-85 in serious doubt

29-Nov-2008•Martin Williamson

A single-wicket scandal

A single-wicket scandal

The pre-Victorian era was not one where gentlemanly conduct prevailed

22-Nov-2008•Martin Williamson

Gandhi's Gleneagles stand-off

Gandhi's Gleneagles stand-off

When England's tour of India was in danger of being cancelled, and a massive rift between white and black countries seemed on the cards

15-Nov-2008•Martin Williamson

One drink too many

One drink too many

When two nights out on the town cost Bill Edrich three years of his Test career

08-Nov-2008•Martin Williamson

The shop assistant who took all ten

The shop assistant who took all ten

When Gubby Allen ran through Lancashire at Lord's in one of the most devastating bowling performances of all time

25-Oct-2008•Martin Williamson

Lions, camels and clowns at The Oval

Lions, camels and clowns at The Oval

When London hosted one of cricket's most unusual matches

18-Oct-2008•Martin Williamson

All out for 12

All out for 12

A look back to when Oxford University were bowled out for 12 - still the lowest first-class score on record

11-Oct-2008•Martin Williamson

Australians get stoned

Australians get stoned

A look back at the tempestuous end to a wretched Australia tour of Pakistan

04-Oct-2008•Martin Williamson

The raining champions

The raining champions

On the last day of what has, until the last fortnight, been a wretchedly wet domestic season, we look back to a year when the weather robbed Hampshire of the Championship

27-Sep-2008•Martin Williamson

Ending the six-year drought

Ending the six-year drought

As Surrey sink into Division Two without a win to their name, we look back to when Northamptonshire ended a four-year run without a victory

20-Sep-2008•Martin Williamson

You've come a long way

You've come a long way

On their first tour of England, the Indian women adjusted to the culture shock, washed their own clothes, and fought their own battles

30-Aug-2008•Nishi Narayanan

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