Following the interest shown in “Racial Slur or Misunderstanding?” we are now able to publish what was, for David Frith, his final word on the controversy.
In this follow-up to last week’s feature on Fry’s cricket career, Dave looks at Fry’s batsmanship in detail to try and discover why he was found wanting in Tests.
In this feature Martin takes a long hard look at the career of Mike Brearley in order to come up with his own answer to a question upon which many have firm views, both for and against.
In front of a packed Lord’s Nat West semi-final crowd in 1983, Ian Botham rescued Somerset from almost certain defeat in one of his finest innings. Gareth Bland looks back on one of the all-rounder’s greatest performances and one of the tournament’s most unlikely finishes
Amidst the controversies, criticisms , media pundits and arm chair experts cursing Sachin Tendulkar finally got to the coveted 100th Hundred. It’s mind-boggling to just say that. Although it’s just a number here are Ten of the gems from dog pile.
After Gareth’s look at England’s drubbing in the Caribbean in 1985/86 Martin takes the story forward four years to, at last, some progress for a very different England team.
David Gower’s tourists were pitted against a Caribbean team at the very height of its powers. Gareth examines the series and its effects on both teams, with the 5-0 scoreline heralding the end of an epoch for an unparalleled West Indies team moulded by Clive Lloyd in the Packer era.