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James Anderson gets frustrated very easily: Marlon Samuels

West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels had no problems being on the receiving end of verbal taunts from England spearhead James Anderson as his century helped turn the tide of the second Test.

All about autographs: Viv Richards, Geoff Boycott & a Rolls Royce moment!

By Venkataraman Ganesan

The practice of offering and obtaining autographs supposedly has its roots in the Greek tradition. The word autograph refers to a document transcribed in its entirety by the author. Thus the practice of collecting autographs from achievers is one that has been followed from times immemorial.

Michael Holding lashes out at Ottis Gibson, WICB

Legendary former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding has yet again slammed the West Indies Cricket Board's (WICB) management of the sport in the region and said its treatment of senior players leaves a lot to be desired.

WICB have throttled players like Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Taylor & Sarwan

By Nishant Joshi

THERE has been an awful lot of sly, derogatory commentary about the West Indies since the start of their tour of England, largely by a section of the media who no doubt would have preferred Wes Hall, Charlie Griffith, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall and Michael Holding bowling to Ian Bell, as West Indies whitewashed England without breaking a sweat.

Stats across eras 7: Larwood, Lillee, Murali – bowlers across decades

Statistics may not tell the whole story, but do trace the footprints left by the cricketers across time. Having analysed the batsmen, Arunabha Sengupta now looks at how bowlers performed over the decades in Tests.

Stats across eras 6: How helmets affected scoring against Lillee, Thomson etc

In the sixth part of the statistics across eras series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at the perception that helmets affected the revenue of pace bowlers since they came into play from 1978.

Cricketing Rifts 21: Holding’s kick and Croft’s shoulder charge

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game

Australia not good enough to regain the Ashes: Michael Holding

Legendary West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding feels that Australia lacks the fire-power to reclaim the Ashes from Andrew Strauss's Englishmen.

Cricketing Rifts 14: When West Indies made Greig’s life miserable for using word ‘grovel’

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. In Part 14 of the series, he writes on how the West Indians hounded and humiliated Tony Grieg for his insensitive choice of words.

Video: Tony Greig’s England made to ‘grovel’ by West Indies

  A video of West Indian fiery fast bowling making English batsmen struggle and dance on their tunes during the famous Test in 1976.   On the eve of the first Test at Trent Bridge, Greig sat on the roof of Hove’s pavilion and spoke on Sportsnight, the flagship midweek sports program of BBC. With time, his frustration became...