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An invaluable contributor to cricket reporting

Rajan Bala's writing was only a portion of his contribution to the game. He also built up teams of writers across the country

09-Oct-2009•Suresh Menon

Tales of Raj

Dungarpur was highly opinionated, terribly impractical, a cricket romantic and Indian cricket's unofficial ambassador. A pity his memoirs remain unwritten

12-Sep-2009•Ayaz Memon

The man with the gleam in his eye

For him cricket was a game of passion, instinct and love, and his greatest joy was spotting a talent

04-Sep-2009•Telford Vice

Dan Solo

New Zealand's second-highest Test wicket-taker has just gone past 300, and it's been a hard, lonely row he's had to plough

27-Aug-2009•Jamie Alter

Life of Brian

Sixty years ago he was a prodigy who served notice to the world - before he went missing and later turned up as a brave old man against the West Indies firing squad

04-Aug-2009•Alan Hill

The quiet Australian

A no-frills colossus who gritted his teeth, got down to it and stayed around till the bitter end. A salute to Allan Border, with Ricky Ponting on the verge of overtaking him as his country's leading Test run-scorer

17-Jul-2009•Christian Ryan

The importance of Sunny

Gavaskar was was not just another cricketer but a metaphor for a country's aspirations

10-Jul-2009•Ayaz Memon

Good at hiding pressure and pain

Vaughan the captain put you in a good space, Vaughan the batsman was one of the best England had. So what if he isn't exactly a Yorkshireman?

30-Jun-2009•Matthew Hoggard

Kallis or Sobers?

He may lack the appeal but he has the numbers. Is it so sacrilegious to wonder if he's greater even than Sir Garry?

27-Feb-2009•Rob Steen

Eastern son

Sourav Ganguly fired Bengal's imagination. He was a talisman the state had waited too long for

10-Nov-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

'Nothing calms you like Laxman'

When he walks out to bat, the dressing room relaxes, knowing the side is in good hands

06-Nov-2008•Rahul Dravid

An underrated giant

Kumble reduced bowling to its essentials, like an artist who simplifies but still retains the meaning of his work

02-Nov-2008•Suresh Menon

Goodbye Gogga

Paul Adams didn't last as long as he should have, but he usually burned bright when he played

03-Oct-2008•Neil Manthorp

Custodian in chief

Bradman's image may be that of a stodgy, almost puritanical man, but his grand love and care for the game's well-being were undeniable and would be useful now

26-Aug-2008•Christian Ryan

The endurance of the 'Big Fella'

He was England's inexhaustible colossus in the lean post-war years - both wicket-taker and stock bowler. A salute to Alec Bedser on his 90th birthday

04-Jul-2008•Alan Hill

Memories of Maco

Malcolm Marshall ought to have been 50 in April. His biographer celebrates the all-too-brief life of one of the game's all-time great fast bowlers

29-Apr-2008•Pat Symes

The master of nuances

Anil Kumble's 600 wickets are just rewards for a cultured practitioner of a unique art

17-Jan-2008•Sambit Bal at the WACA

Goodbye to grace

What made Shaun Pollock different to other sportsmen with an ultra-competitive streak was that he was gracious in victory and, after a few minutes to recover, equally gracious in defeat

13-Jan-2008•Neil Manthorp and Telford Vice

Hail, centurion

After being written off as cricketer and man both, Ganguly has made it to the 100-Test landmark at the tail-end of a fulfilling, fabulous year

25-Dec-2007•Rahul Bhattacharya

The great entertainer

Jayasuriya's free-spirited, electrifying talent will be sorely missed. So long, Sanath

06-Dec-2007•Charlie Austin

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