March 2015 homepage

Mar 10, 2015: The greatest ODI player. Viv on Viv. Aboriginal cricket in Australia. Meet Mazhar Majeed. Sri Lanka's 1996 fairy tale. New England rising. Croft on Lillee.

Comic

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Feature

26 all out

Mar 10, 2015: Sixty years ago, England arrived in New Zealand, ascendant. The hosts were weak but nobody realised just how low they would descend

Feature

New England rising

Mar 10, 2015: Gary Ballance, Chris Jordan and Sam Robson were born in three different continents, thousands of miles from Lord's. What does their journey mean for the future of English cricket?

The Banished

Wide boy

Mar 10, 2015: Of the four men sent to prison in 2011, Mazhar Majeed's story was the one nobody heard

Essay

The internet of my youth

Mar 10, 2015: The best radio commentators kindled the imagination. And some of their lines you never forgot

The Jury's Out

The best over 50 overs

Mar 10, 2015: It's Viv Richards by a mile, according to our jury. Martin Crowe doffs his cap to the King, four writers salute the best of the rest, and the results in full

Match That Changed My Life

Massive in Adelaide

Mar 10, 2015: Graeme Pollock took part in one of the great partnerships in 1964. Then, he went on to become one of the game's greats

Comment

The gift of timing

Mar 10, 2015: All very good performers come alive on the biggest stages; the very great ones find their very best at those times

Cover story

Wonder cricket

Mar 10, 2015: The one-dayer as a form has moved along lickety-split - thanks to the genius of players like Lloyd, Garner, Dean Jones, Jayasuriya, Saqlain and Miandad

High Fives

A Warne-fer

Mar 10, 2015: Shane Warne took 1001 international wickets, and plenty more in lesser contests. How to pick five from those?

Think You Know Yourself?

Bunnies and boundaries

Mar 10, 2015: Virender Sehwag gets questioned about bowling batsmen and blasting fours

Cover story

'The first thing is to think aggression'

Mar 10, 2015: In his time he taught the most fearsome bowlers to think twice. In his 60s now, Viv Richards, our jury's pick as the greatest ODI player ever, talks attack

Feature

Michael Bailey looks to the future

Mar 10, 2015: Injustices against Aboriginals in Australia have been immense, and they are still under-represented in the country's cricket, but one of them hopes the past will inspire him

Hate to Love

Superhero one day, supervillain the next

Mar 10, 2015: There are great ruthless destructive fast bowlers. Then there is Dennis Lillee

The Essentials

'I have a mean cover drive'

Mar 10, 2015: Tennis ace Leander Paes talks Sunny, Viv, Sachin and Kallis

Dear Cricket Monthly

Planter's punch

Mar 10, 2015: Letter from… St Philip, Barbados

Shot Stories

Two fast, two furious

Mar 10, 2015: Shane Bond and Brett Lee went head to head in a 2003 World Cup match in Port Elizabeth. One emerged victorious

Regional 4-day Tournament

Peters, Currency earn Windwards fifth win

Mar 9, 2015: Three half-centuries from the top order in the first innings followed by Kenroy Peters' fourth five-wicket haul this season laid the foundation of Windwards Islands' comfortable 175-run win against Trinidad & Tobago in Couva

Regional 4-day Tournament

Permaul, Bishoo bowl Guyana to seventh win

Mar 9, 2015: A round-up of WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament matches