In the 1970s India’s fast bowling stocks were non-existent, yet they still managed to produce one of the best players of pace that the game has seen. In this feature Martin tells the story of the man concerned, the hugely popular ‘Vishy’
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Several of CricketWeb’s feature writers have contributed to Patrick Ferriday and Dave Wilson’s latest book, Supreme Bowling, a companion volume to Masterly Batting, which presents 100 great Test bowling performances.
In this second of three extracts Rodney Ulyate and Patrick Ferriday are featured, writing on Allan Donald and Tim Southee respectively.
Several of CricketWeb’s feature writers have contributed to Patrick Ferriday and Dave Wilson’s latest book, Supreme Bowling, a companion volume to Masterly Batting, which presents 100 great Test bowling performances.
In this first of three extracts Martin Chandler and Sean Riley are featured.
We may have only just got to the end of the county cricket season, but England are soon to embark on their much talked about tour of Bangladesh. With security concerns, certain players making themselves unavailable for selection, a new ODI captain for the tour and continuing questions about England’s ability to play spin in the sub-continent especially with a long trip to India around the corner, the tour looks set to be must-see cricket. In this post, we preview the tour and discuss the key talking points.
They say records were made to be broken, or at least matched – in this feature Martin tells the story of a man behind a cricketing achievement that has stood alone for more than a century
In which Dave Wilson tries to compare batsmen of different eras by putting things in a team context.
Lasting fame as cricketers eluded George Harrison and John Shilton, but both are interesting characters, and in this feature Martin tells their stories
In this feature Martin looks at the life and times of Sir Frank Worrell’s predecessor as West Indies captain, Gerry Alexander
After a summer in which Pakistan have played impressively to share the Test series in England Martin remembers one of his favourite Pakistani cricketers of the 1970s, Asif Iqbal Razvi