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Gareth Bland recalls the West Indies tour of India in late 1983, which came just months after India’s maiden World Cup triumph.

In his first new feature for many months, Martin takes a look at the life and cricket career of Reg Simpson

Guest writer Peter Kettle considers the case for governing bodies of athletics, cricket and football to break-away from the World Anti-Doping Agency and develop their own regimes.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the most romantic episode in Indian cricket history. On 25th June 1983 Kapil Dev stood on the balcony as the Lord’s twilight loomed and held aloft the Prudential World Cup. Their opponents, West Indies, had been expected to cruise to a third consecutive world crow

Celebrating the birthday of Rohan Kanhai who represented the West Indies in 79 Test matches. He is widely considered to be one of the best batsmen of the 1960s.

In January and February, Peter Kettle made a thorough-going evaluation of proposals put forward by others for the treatment of Not Out innings in deriving batting averages. He also made recommendations and showed what effect these would have on traditional averages for a sizeable sample of Test batsmen.

In this Epilogue, he considers what the famous 20 th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein – a radical thinker and cricket enthusiast – would have proposed in a scenario talking to Denis Compton at The Oval ground in the summer of 1947.

In Part 2, guest writer Devine McKenzie provides some criteria to apply, with illustrative examples, when assessing the merits of historical accounts.

This is done in the context of the conclusion reached in Part 1.

In Part 1, guest writer Peter Kettle offers some different thoughts on this book

Dave returns after a three-year hiatus with a new feature exploring the ICC player ratings and asks if the old-time greats are being fairly treated.

Unfortunately Martin can’t tell the whole of Hugh Tayfield’s story, but here is as much as he can find