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Sonny Ramadhin
Sun, July 02 2017
The R’s: Superb batting and versatile bowling from a problem of plenty
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with R, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta has to pick and choose from a number of superlative cricketers to have played the game.
Sat, November 09 2013
Shane Shillingford’s impressive statistics make him one of West Indies’ most successful spinners
Having a rich legacy of fast-bowlers, spinners never quite made a name for the West Indies after Sonny Ramadhin, Alf Valentine and Lance Gibbs. However, Shane Shillingford is their most successful spinner in recent times. Nishad Pai Vaidya examines a few statistics.
Fri, August 08 2014
Four mystery spinners before Sunil Narine’s arrival
Sunil Narine’s mystery still remains unravelled in Twenty20, although he has not really managed to spin such tales of intrigue in Test matches. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the careers of different mystery spinners across cricketing history.
Thu, April 28 2016
Alf Valentine: One-half of the famous West Indian spin twins
Alf Valentine was the first West Indian to take a hundred Test wickets.
Thu, September 11 2014
Graeme Swann – latest in the pantheon of great off-spinners
Graeme Swann, who took all four wickets to fall on the first day of the Ahmedabad Test, shows signs of becoming the greatest off-spinner produced by England since Jim Laker. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the best exponents of an art that might look innocuous to the outsider.
Sun, September 14 2014
Commentators in cricket history – 7: Robert Hudson – the art of being prepared
Robert Hudson is perhaps the most unsung of the Test Match Special commentators. Nevertheless, he played the most important role in the conception of the programme. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of this most meticulous of commentators.
Sun, July 06 2014
Ball of the century: Agony for Sonny Ramadhin, ecstasy for Shane Warne
When Mike Gatting was bowled by the Ball of the Century.
Mon, March 24 2014
It would be a sight for Gods to see this fantasy XI of West Indian greats in action!
To coincide with the release of Fire in Babylon, here is all-time West Indies XI.