Heroes come in many shapes and sizes, but few are as large as Colin Milburn, who burned bright but for too short a time. Dave Wilson celebrates his short but entertaining life.
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After struggling for wins last summer, Australia’s one-day side have turned things around recently with a superb run of form. Who were the key players behind this turnaround?
England recently did rather better than expected in the ICC Champions Trophy. But the ODI side has been going nowhere for a long while now, and in addition to the fact that there is much indifference to the format, meaning few players excel, selectorial incompetence has played a considerable part.
Of course not, but history cannot escape the fact that West Indian batsman Andy Ganteaume has a Test batting average that eclipses even The Don’s 99.94. In this feature Cricket Web looks at his story.
There are not many West Indians who are happy with the showing of their cricket team in the ICC Champions trophy and many are boiling with rage that the best team was not selected even after the Bangladesh whitewash.
Over the next fifteen days, twelve of the world’s top domestic cricket teams will battle out for the inaugural ‘Champions League’ title. Cricket Web takes a look at the tournament and the teams involved.
Two weeks ago, ten of Cricket Web’s writers took a shot at predicting the course of the Champions Trophy in South Africa. The results are in, and it’s time to see how they got on…
Leslie Hylton, a key member of the first West Indian side to win a Test series, was hanged for murder in 1955. His full story is seldom told so in this feature Cricket Web looks back at his life and times.
If there is a blemish on his amazing record it is the absence of a significant innings on one of those “sticky dogs” of old – so wrote Wisden about Don Bradman as one of the Five Cricketer’s of the Century. Here we see how true that was.
South Africa is a unique place to watch test cricket. Grounds are never empty, but they’re rarely full as the majority of fans save themselves for limited-over games. Tickets are remarkably cheap, and the Western culture draws a lot of beer-drinking fans out for a day in the sun. In keeping with the country itself, the stadiums are stunningly beautiful with the Wanderers and Newlands amongst the greatest places for cricket in the world. Now, South Africa is also home to the world’s number one cricket team.