In the '70s I was always Chappelli. Backyard cricket with my competitive neighbour John was epic. I always batted and was Australia's No. 3. He bowled. He was often one of those fearsome quicks from ...

Imagine a park without a single blade of grass, with no greenery save a few trees and shrubs of acacia. Garbage is strewn around liberally and donkeys occasionally bray from one corner. In another ...

From the north-east of Australia down to the south of India, from the '60s to the '90s, our jurors pick their favourites Queensland Bulls 1994-95 - 2001-02: five Sheffield Shield and Pura Cup ...

ODI # 2598: England v West Indies at Nottingham, NatWest Series, 07/07/2007 ...

ODI #2607: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, 25 Jul 2007 ...

ODI # 2172: Australia v United States of America at Southampton, ICC Champions Trophy, 13/09/2004 ...

The West Indies white-ball coach is on a mission to remould the T20 side into the world-beating force they once were This September marks 20 years since West Indies secured the most unlikely of all ...

There is an instructive story about the origins of Jamnagar, and it could well be a myth. After Jam Rawal, the ruling prince of Kutch, avenged his father Jam Lakha's murder at the hands of his greedy ...

No. 2 Ian Botham: 50 and 149 not out; 6 for 95 and 1 for 14 England v Australia, Headingley, 1981 Ian Botham's confidence was low and his mood unpredictable when England arrived for the third Test at ...

1910s: Best Test Batting Averages (1910-1919 inclusive) Qualification: 10 innings Name Cou M I NO Runs HS Avge 100 50 J.B.Hobbs ENG 21 35 4 2031 187 65.51 5 12 V.T.Trumper AUS 10 19 3 930 214* 58.12 3 ...

The idea of harnessing video resources to assist umpires has been around for many years, and would often be raised whenever an umpiring blunder changed the course of a Test. In 1974 the Test umpire ...

One of the very first cricket books I was ever given, on the occasion of my tenth birthday, was a slim black paperback called Great Australian Cricket Pictures (1975). When I retrieve it from the ...