Turning Points

The advent of reverse swing

Developed in Pakistan in response to unresponsive pitches, it revitalised cricket, but not before being greeted with fear and suspicion

07-Aug-2010•Rob Smyth

Lloyd's pace quartet

Till then fast bowlers had hunted in pairs; Clive Lloyd decided his attack would hunt in packs

25-Jul-2010•Mike Selvey

The first World Cup

Four years after the birth of ODIs, the format was given validation by what was perhaps the boldest and most ambitious innovation since the legislation of overarm bowling

10-Jul-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

The one-day international

A format that is criticised today for being unwieldy and dull, was for three decades cricket's biggest bread-winner

27-Jun-2010•Sambit Bal

South Africa are isolated

Not only was a great team chopped down in its prime, the two decades of exile forced the establishment to address the evils of discrimination

20-Jun-2010•Andre Odendaal

The county pro

A hinge moment in cricket history when Test stars realised first-class contracts could be more profitable than playing for their countries

12-Jun-2010•Gideon Haigh

Covered pitches

The advent of covered pitches had significant effects on spinners, and served to make wickets all over the world uniform

29-May-2010•Lawrence Booth

The end of the amateur era

Cricketers today see little of life outside grounds and dressing rooms. Are they better off than those in the past who had to earn their living outside the game?

23-May-2010•Scyld Berry

Worrell's West Indians in Australia

In the drabbest hours of the game came a contest that breathed life back into it and gave birth to one of cricket's great rivalries

15-May-2010•Christian Ryan

Worrell becomes captain

A cricketer and a gentleman who gave a sense of unity to West Indian cricket and championed the cause of player rights

08-May-2010•Vaneisa Baksh

The partition of India

An event that resulted in one of the most intense rivalries in sport

02-May-2010•Amit Varma

The first television broadcast

Seventy-two years ago, video cameras broadcast a Test for the first time, from Lord's. The coverage has evolved since, but the good still outweighs the bad

24-Apr-2010•Steven Lynch

Constantine and Headley

With their outstanding talent the two forced the cricketing elite to reconsider their view about the ability of black cricketers

17-Apr-2010•Vaneisa Baksh

Bodyline

There was outrage over England's tactics in the 1932-33 Ashes, but in the years that followed bouncers shocked no one

10-Apr-2010•David Frith

Bradman

Cricket's greatest batsman was a colossal contradiction: a young visionary and an old reactionary; and he triggered the sport's first two great cataclysms

03-Apr-2010•Christian Ryan

India's entry into Test cricket

A CK Nayudu innings against the visiting MCC in 1926 made all the difference

20-Mar-2010•Amit Varma

Neville Cardus' writing

The man made matches come alive - so what if at times they read vastly different from what actually happened on the field

13-Mar-2010•Scyld Berry

Cricket on the radio

Commentary began in the early 1920s, but it really got going with "synthetic reports" by four men in a Sydney studio during the 1938 Ashes

06-Mar-2010•Christian Ryan

The googly

The delivery synonymous with subcontinental wizardry was invented by an Englishman; and the most famous of those was also bowled by one

27-Feb-2010•Rob Smyth

The golden age

Before the First World War came a period in cricket marked by the brilliance of dashing amateurs

20-Feb-2010•David Frith

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