'I don't think odds of 500-1 have appeared since'

A soggy Nottingham hosted the low-scoring first Test of the 1981 Ashes, and the quick bowlers ruled the roost

Not the crowd, not the players, not the bookmakers, no one could believe the most incredible Ashes turnaround of them all

An Englishman becomes part of the Aussie entourage... with a little encouragement

The subject of substitute fielders has attracted considerable comment and the ICC is set to clamp down on their use. It was an issue that was high on the agenda twenty-seven years ago

At Lord"s, June 4

At Birmingham, June 6

At Leeds, June, 8

At Nottingham, June 18, 19, 20, 21

Lord's and Test-match time in recent years have become synonymous with bad weather, controversy and abysmal public relations, redeemed only partially by isolated individual performances