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Collie Smith
Sun, March 04 2018
The apostles of catastrophe: an apostrophe XI
The apostrophes have an explosive batting line-up, a string of all-rounders, and a legendary leg-spinner.
Sat, June 04 2016
Collie Smith smashes first Lancashire League triple-hundred three months before his tragic death
Collie Smith smashed the first triple-hundred in the history of Lancashire League. He passed away, at 26, three months later.
Thu, July 28 2016
Garry Sobers: 10 anecdotes about the greatest all-rounder the world has seen
Garry Sobers is arguably the greatest cricketer the world has seen. In 93 Tests, he scored 8032 runs at an average of 57.78 with 26 tons — one of them being the then record of 365 not out.
Sat, September 20 2014
Leave it to Smiths — an all-Smith XI
Graeme Smith leads the side that features Ian Smith, Dwayne Smith among others.
Wed, September 02 2015
Collie Smith dies in a tragic car accident at the peak of his cricket career
September 9, 1959. Collie Smith, the superbly talented emerging off-spinning all-rounder of West Indies, passed away after a fatal car accident in England. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the tragedy and how the legendary Garry Sobers was affected by it.
Tue, July 02 2013
Jamaica honour late West Indian cricketing legends
Former Jamaica and West Indies cricketing greats, Alf Valentine and Collie Smith, have been honoured for their contribution to the sport.
Tue, May 05 2015
Collie Smith: A tale of joy, brilliance and tragedy
Collie Smith, born May 3, 1933, was an exciting all-round talent who was killed in a car accident at the tender age of 26. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of the man whose brilliance, according to some, had the glitter and sparkle to match Garfield Sobers.
Sat, August 23 2014
Tragic death of Collie Smith, one of Jamaica’s favourite sons
On September 6, 1959, Collie Smith, Garfield Sobers and Jamaican medium-fast bowler Tom Dewdney met after their respective Lancashire League games and were all set to travel through the night to London to take part in a charity match the following day. But fate had different plans. At around 4.45 that morning, Sobers was in the driver’s seat, and it so happened that he was confronted with two dazzling headlights coming straight towards him leaving him no time to react.