​Bob Simpson, who died aged 89, was one of the most accomplished Australian cricketers of all time: a superb batsman, a dangerous leg-break bowler, an unequalled slip fielder, a tough ...

FIFTY years ago, Clive Lloyd—bespectacled, brave, and brilliant—stood at Lord’s and was heralded as cricket’s ultimate champion. It was the summer of ’75, the sun was shining, and the weather was ...

June 7 marked the 50th anniversary of the opening match of the first men’s Cricket World Cup. And now is an ideal opportunity to revisit the tournament, with a World Test Championship final just ...

The first-ever ODI World Cup was played back in 1975, and the legendary West Indies team, led by Clive Lloyd, became the first team to win the mega event, beating Australia by 17 runs in a ...

I talk cricket all the time with my friend, Eddrick, and recently we were discussing outstanding fast-bowling performances. “All things considered,” he said, “Michael Holding’s 14 wickets at The Oval ...

Recent memoirs by two of India’s finest cricketers and heroes of the 1983 World Cup suffer from flaws that could have been easily eliminated. Mohinder Amarnath’s Fearless is better written, a good ...

During 1970–71, the tour of the West Indies was in the offing and team selections were about to take place. In the previous season (1969–70), my performance in the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy was ...

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour recounts his search for an ailing former West Indies Test cricketer. Back in the mid-1970s to mid-1990s, whenever the West ...

Anshuman Gaekwad’s unwillingness to take a backward step was never more apparent than in the ‘Bloodbath at Kingston’ in 1976. How would you feel if you were 22, making your Test debut and walking in ...

There have been numerous instances of overenthusiastic fans breaching security to meet their favorite cricket players during a match. In recent years, members of the crowd have run towards superstars ...

Cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar celebrates a magnificent 75th birthday on July 10th. Sunil Gavaskar, known for his fearless batting, started his Test career on March 6, 1971. He went on to become the ...