New Zealand approached the first test against Australia having had the better of a drawn lead up match against Australia A and having pasted the home side’s young pace men at Allan Border Oval the week before the Gabba outing.
In this feature Martin enlists the help of some of the game’s greatest names in order to explain the legend that is Jack Gregory and Ted MacDonald.
We are delighted to launch a new feature for Cricket Web, a regular selection of the writings of Gulu Ezekiel.
We are pleased to announce that we have created Fantasy
Cricket competitions for the upcoming Australia and New
Zealand domestic Twenty20 competitions named the Big Bash and
the HRV Cup.
The three match series was business as usual for India while for the West Indies it provided hope for the future.Here are the ratings of the two teams from Cricket Web.
These days England’s selectors and Team Management seem to do a thoroughly professional job. It wasn’t always so. In this feature Martin examines the case of Robin Smith, aka The Judge.
Averages have some limitations insofaras providing an accurate assessment of batting prowess – Dave Wilson proposes a possible alternative view.
The significance of Basil D’Oliviera’s cricket career extended well beyond the sport itself. In this feature Martin pays his respects to one of our game’s legendary figures.
After his Test debut at Lord’s in 1972 Bob Massie looked set for great things. In fact his Test career was over within a year. In this feature Martin tells his story.
In this series our cricket heroes by CW staff, Ganesh Venkat looks back at Mohammad Azharuddin, The wristy magician from India.