The Packer timeline
World Series Cricket - March-October 1978
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during the close season between March and October 1978
The Packer timeline
World Series Cricket - February 1978
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during February 1978
The Packer timeline
World Series Cricket - January 1978
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during January 1978
World Series Cricket - December 1977
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during December 1977 ... more
World Series Cricket - November 1977
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during November 1977 when the High Court made its ruling... more
World Series Cricket - October 1977
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during October 1977 when the High Cort hearing started... more
World Series Cricket - September 1977
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during September 1977... more
World Series Cricket - August 1977
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during August 1977... more
World Series Cricket - July 1977
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during July 1977... more
World Series Cricket - June 1977
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket during June 1977... more
World Series Cricket - April to May 1977
A timeline of events in World Series Cricket... more
The Curious Affair of Charlie Absolom
Benny Green pulls a character out of the darkness of cricket's chronicles of a century ago... more
'Mike Brearley did his job magnificently'
Tom Graveney remembers the Headingley Test of 1981... more
The greatness of Hobbs
England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval, 1926
A match report from the 5th Test at The Oval in 1926 as England won the Ashes... more
When the 19-year wait finally ended
England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval, 1953
A match report from the 5th Test at The Oval in 1953, when England regained the Ashes after 19 years... more
Ponsford, Bradman and the spin triplets
Kenneth Gregory conjures up the 1934 Ashes, its legspinners and massive stands. Sounds familiar?... more
Fitting the Bill
Ken Piesse talks to Bill Brown about fond Ashes memories and batting with Bradman... more
Human catapult
Gilbert Jessop, whose quickfire century at The Oval turned the game for England, was much more than just a big hitter, as Christopher Pierpoint recalls... more
Golden days
At the height of cricket's Golden Age, England and Australia played out an epic Ashes contest with a legendary climax. Eric Midwinter recalls one of the greatest series of all... more
Fiery Fred and the damp squibs
Len Hutton, England's first professional captain, and his two Yorkshire team mate caused havoc in between the showers, recalls Christopher Sandford... more
Groomed for success
Gubby Allen was guided in his formative years by a wise and influential schoolmaster, as Anthony Meredith reports... more
Caught Niven, bowled Flynn
Cricket may not feature in many films but it did provide a peaceful backdrop away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood... more
A passage to India
R. Mohan provides a general introduction to India as a tourist destination... more
The best of the best?
The cancellation of South Africa's 1970 tour of England left the TCCB with a headache but the Rest o f the World XI provided an exhilarating tonic... more
Massie's mystery, Lillee's menace
In the Ashes series of 1972 the weather was hostile, the pitches indifferent and crowds at Old Trafford and Headingley stayed away... more
Whistling up the winners
Alan Hill makes a pit-stop to recall the cricketing gems unearthed at the coal face who went on to shine at the surface... more
Dave Gregory's hole-in-the-wall gang
The first Australian tour of England. Anthony Meredith explores the archives of 1878...... more
Travels and tribulations
John Woodcock, who has seen over 400 Test matches since 1951, reflects on 45 years of touring and compares today's hectic tours with those of a more leisured age... more
The cricketer who fell in the American Civil War
Kevin E. Boller recounts the life and untimely death of Walter S. Newhall, the first international cricketer to be killed in time of war... more
Nasser Hussain - A promising leggie
The Cricketer on an Indian-born but British National from Essex ... the 17-year-old Nasser Hussain who 'looks every bit a future international'... more
The `Demon Bowler' of Notts
RD Woodall traces the career of John `Foghorn' Jackson... more
The great escape
England v Australia, 3rd Test, Headingley, 1981
Christopher Martin-Jenkins on the epic Headingley Test of 1981... more
Whatever happened to Bob Massie?
Eight summers ago a 25-year-old Western Australia bowler, Bob Massie, was front page news on both sides of the world after dismissing 16 England batsmen for 137 at Lord's in his first appearance in Test cricket. Today he plays his cricket in comparative o... more
And the devil take Kerry Packer
EW Swanton attacks Kerry Packer shortly after the launch of World Series Cricket... more
Sobers' first Test
EW Swanton on his first sighting of Garry Sobers... more
The spirit of Scarborough
Gordon Ross looks at the charm of the Scarborough Festival... more
'Big Jim' Smith
Brian Bearshaw meets a hero of his youth... more
War of the Roses
EW Swanton on an epic post-war Roses match... more
Beside the Roses the Ashes paled into insignificance
Neville Cardus on the importance of the annual battle between Yorkshire and Lancashire... more
Anglo-Australian reflections
Jack Fingleton, in light-hearted mood, crams in golfing-cricketers, the immortal Clem Hill, and Douglas Jardine, a lawyer from Oxford - "possibly a little before his time"... more
Single-wicket again
The Cricketer - September 1963
GD Martineau recalls some historic single-wicket encounters of the 18th and 19th centuries... more
The man behind the ground
GD Martineau recalls the life of the man who gave his name to the most famous cricket ground in the world... more
Len Hutton retires
JM Kilburn on the retirement of Len Hutton in 1956... more
Siegfried Sassoon and cricket
James D. Coldham looks at the connection between Siegfried Sassoon and cricket... more
Honest John Wells
GD Martineau profiles Hambledon's "Honest" John Wells... more
The Bedser twins
Norman Preston on the young days of Alec and Eric Bedser... more
One of the last great lobsters
James D Coldham on Walter Humphries, one of the last of a kind... more
I was there
England v Australia, The Oval, 1880
In the 1939 Autumn Annual, Revd CJM Godfrey wrote of his memories of attending the first Test in England, at The Oval in September 1880, as a schoolboy... more
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