Alastair Cook succeeding Andrew Strauss as captain marks a rare event – one half of a successful opening partnership taking over the reins from the other. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the very few examples of prolific opening partners following each other as skipper in Test cricket.Thursday, August 30, 2012
Openers passing the baton of captaincy to their opening partners
Alastair Cook succeeding Andrew Strauss as captain marks a rare event – one half of a successful opening partnership taking over the reins from the other. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the very few examples of prolific opening partners following each other as skipper in Test cricket.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
August 29, 1882 - Giants clashed, sparks flew, which resulted in The Ashes
130 years ago, the on-field gamesmanship of WG Grace so incensed Fred ‘Demon’ Spofforth that it produced a bowling spell that scorched The Oval. As the English batting was cremated in the fire, The Ashes came into being. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the day that gave birth to the most famous and enduring of all cricketing rivalries.Tuesday, August 28, 2012
August 28, 1995 - Anil Kumble's little-known miracle for Northamptonshire
Seventeen years ago, Nottinghamshire won the toss, piled up 527 and still managed to lose by an innings. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at one of the lesser-known miracles worked by Anil Kumble.Monday, August 27, 2012
August 27, 1908 - Birth of The Don
104 years ago was born the best-ever batsman to have played the game of cricket. There is very little one can add about Don Bradman, yet Arunabha Sengupta makes an attempt. Sunday, August 26, 2012
Numbers prove why VVS Laxman was master at shepherding the tail
VVS Laxman was known to be a batsman who excelled in shepherding the tail and making it wag. Arunabha Sengupta puts his record with the lower order under statistical focus.August 26, 1921 - The day a batsman got dismissed by getting lost on the way
Ninety one years ago, Tom Sidwell, the Leicestershire wicketkeeper, got hopelessly lost in the London tube network and could not resume his innings. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the unique day in cricket history when a batsman was absent-out because he could not find his way to the ground. The many men whom Sir Don Bradman rubbed the wrong way
Former Australian cricketer Gary Cosier recently made headlines by saying that the 1970s Australian cricketers hated Don Bradman. Arunabha Sengupta says that it is not surprising and lists a number of men Bradman rubbed the wrong way during his long career as a player, captain and administrator.
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