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Stan McCabe
Mon, September 05 2016
Don Bradman caught by Joe Burns’ great-uncle Harold
Don Bradman entertained the crowd to the fullest, first with ball before cutting loose with bat in hand. His innings ended when he was caught by the great-uncle of a future Test cricketer.
Sun, July 16 2017
Stan McCabe: 3 masterpieces and 14 life facts of the belligerent buccaneer
Re-live Stan McCabe’s three masterpieces and narrates 14 facts about the man who once Don Bradman wanted to emulate and invited teammates to watch.
Fri, December 11 2015
22 cricketers who are immortalised in statue at a cricket ground
As Ricky Ponting got the honour at Hobart with his statue, we present 22 cricketers from the history of the game, who are immortalised in statue at a cricket ground.
Tue, February 18 2014
South Africa vs Australia, Past encounters – Part 2 of 7
In 1921-22 series Australia were expected to steamroll South Africa.
Fri, September 04 2015
Ashes 1938 Postscript: The Amazing Test Match Crime
The Ashes 1938 series was shared between Wally Hammond’s England and Don Bradman’s Australians. And the next Ashes Test would be played only in 1946-47, after the last bullet of the Second World War had been fired. However, one further Ashes encounter was played during this interlude, on the fictitious pitch of a hilarious novel written by Adrian Alington published in 1939. Arunabha Sengupta describes the book which should be in the collection of every lover of literature and cricket.
Thu, July 14 2016
Stan McCabe: A glorious batsman remembered for three immortal innings
Stan McCabe was one of the most exciting batsmen to watch, and immortalised for three supreme innings played during his career.
Sun, September 14 2014
Commentators in cricket history – 2: BBC’s Howard Marshall
Howard Marshall, along with BBC director Seymour de Lotbini re, formed the equivalent of Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe in the art of cricket commentary, setting the tone and benchmarks that would be followed by BBC and Test Match Special for years to come. In the second part of the series on broadcasters, Arunabha Sengupta replays the first popular English voice of ball by ball commentary.
Mon, September 01 2014
Cricketing Rifts-1: The Bradman-centric and religion-fuelled Australian feuds
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-Virender Sehwag rift may have been denied vehemently by the team management, but the divide between the two is very much an open secret. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series by CricketCountry, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.
Fri, August 22 2014
Chasing Cardus: Saga of a treasure hunt across England — Part 1 of 4
Much of the epic romance of cricket was Sir Neville Cardus.
Fri, March 28 2014
Exponents of the hook – cricket’s most thrilling and adventurous shot
The King, Viv Richards continues to be the numero uno exponent of the hook shot.