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Tue, September 13 2022
Shane Warne — 40 Less Widely Known Facts
An eternal child of outrageous capers, often beyond justification, but always curiously lovable.
Tue, September 13 2022
Shane Warne: The Man Who Breathed Life Into The Dying Art Of Leg-Spin Bowling
Shane Warne, born September 13, 1969, resurrected the art of leg-spin bowling, adding substance, style and glamour to the most intriguing of cricketing crafts, writing a new chapter big enough to merit a dedicated volume. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the career, wickets and transgressions of this living headline of the world of cricket.
Tue, June 25 2019
World Cup 1983 final: How the magic unfolded at Lord’s to give India her greatest moment
As the championship unfolded, Kapil Dev’s "dark horses" turned out to be Derby winners as they galloped in style past the finishing line.
Tue, June 18 2019
World Cup 1983: Kapil Dev’s 175 not out masterminds The Great Indian Escape
Kapil Dev walked out at 9 for 4. It soon became 17 for 5, and then 78 for 7. What followed was an innings with few parallels.
Fri, August 03 2018
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 7: Some minor West Indians
Inshan Ali was a specialist Chinaman bowler. Bernard Julien was known mostly for bowling seam. And Roy Fredericks was a batsman who bowled at times.
Mon, July 30 2018
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 6: Maurice Leyland, Denis Compton, Arthur Morris
Maurice Leyland was probably the person to coin the word 'Chinaman'. Denis Compton and Arthur Morris practised the art, too.
Mon, July 30 2018
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 5: Johnny Wardle
Johnny Wardle, a left-arm finger-spinner, took to bowling Chinaman and found reasonable success on Australian pitches.
Mon, July 30 2018
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 4: Garry Sobers
Garry Sobers bowled outswing, inswing, and finger-spin. He also bowled wrist-spin...
Mon, July 30 2018
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 3: Lindsay Kline
Lindsay Kline averaged 22.82 with ball in Test cricket, doing particularly well overseas. Alas, he played only 13 Tests.
Mon, July 30 2018
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 2: Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
“If ever the result of a Test match can be said to have been decided by a single ball, this was the occasion,” wrote Don Bradman of Chuck Fleetwood-Smith's dismissal at Adelaide, 1936-37.