John Woodcock: The Long Life of The Sage
John Woodcock lived a long life. A really long life. He was born on 7 August 1926. That day Gloucestershire…
Continue Reading...Nostalgia – The first ever Test in Pakistan – nothing short of a miracle
New Year’s Day, 1955. The Dacca Stadium. That was what it was called. Today it is enmeshed in the short…
Continue Reading...Alan Knott: The eccentric gloveman
Huish, Hubble, Ames, Levett, Evans … great work behind the wickets has been a feature of Kent cricket for long….
Continue Reading...Profile of John Arlott: Being Human
It was John Betjeman who changed the course of his life. The young man had moved on from his early…
Continue Reading...Vinoo Mankad: The first great all-rounder of India
1956-57. Peter May’s England was in South Africa. A series full of drama, suspense, swings of fortune, and often superb…
Continue Reading...Eden Gardens bursts into flames, Kolkata Test of 1998-99
It could have been a fascinating finale, and it almost was for three and a half days. And then it…
Continue Reading...The first-ever Test in Pakistan, nothing short of a miracle
New Year’s Day, 1955. The Dacca Stadium. That was what it was called. Today it is enmeshed in the a…
Continue Reading...James Anderson: An objective look at a fantastic feat
Weather too has a sense of occasion. After hours of frustration, rain held up at Southampton just in time to…
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