On 12 June 1868 an Aboriginal eleven strode onto the turf at Lord’s to face the MCC, fully ten years before white Australian cricketers ever did. Dave Wilson tells the remarkable story behind the first cricket tour of England by an Australian side.
With World Series Cricket attracting some new interest in recent months, Martin looks back to what to the official game did during the two years the sport was split.
Sadly former England captain Tony Greig is no longer with us, having departed this mortal coil on Saturday. For this feature we repeat an extract from David Tossell’s fine biography of the big man.
With apologies to Graham Parker and the Rumour, David Taylor takes a look at an area of the game where opinions are sharply divided, the value of night-watchmen
David Mutton looks back at Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar’s childhood friend, who briefly set the cricket world alight with a dazzling start to his test match career.
He may not have been popular with opponents, but under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga Sri Lanka became a force in the world game. In this feature Martin tells his story.