1982

The Dirty Dozen

Nov 14, 2009: As England kick off their series in South Africa, we look back to a tour that drew the fury of the wider world

1859

Icebergs, snowstorms and 'the fair sex'

Oct 31, 2009: When 12 English professionals set out on the first major overseas tour of all

1991

Barnett's bowl-out blues

Oct 10, 2009: When Derbyshire's bowlers found it all but impossible to hit a set of unguarded stumps

1976

Luck and a helicopter

Sep 26, 2009: The 1976 John Player League went down to the wire... and left the BBC relying on guesswork to avoid backing a losing horse

1987

Saved by the detour

Sep 12, 2009: It was New Zealand's second Test series in Sri Lanka. The first match was dull as ditch water. Then things hotted up

1939

The gathering storm

Sep 5, 2009: In 1939 the entire summer was overshadowed by the escalating crisis in Europe

1914

Duty calls

Aug 21, 2009: As losses mounted at the start of World War One, cricket continued to rumble on until the public outcry grew too loud

1981

So nearly Botham's annus horribilis

Jul 11, 2009: It was Botham's Summer but before that, it very nearly ended in tears

1894

The crowd without the silver lining

Jun 27, 2009: It had rained, the conditions were not suitable, but these spectators wanted their monies' worth and just wouldn't go home

1999

When the boot was on the other foot

Jun 13, 2009: A decade ago it was Ricky Ponting in the firing line, in circumstances similar to the ones Andrew Symonds finds himself in these days

1979

I do declare

May 23, 2009: Few incidents have been as cynical as Somerset's declaration after one over of their Benson & Hedges Cup one-dayer against Worcestershire

1979

Australia's old new ball

May 9, 2009: When a captain decided to open the innings with an old ball and two spinners

1994

An unsavoury farce

Apr 25, 2009: As plans emerge of an unauthorised cricket tournament planned to be staged in New York in October, we look back on a private venture that was stillborn

1817

Cricket's original sin

Apr 18, 2009: Match-fixing has blighted the game in recent years, but things are no worse now than in an era widely regarded as being far more chivalrous

1908

WG Grace's chilly farewell

Apr 11, 2009: An early-season game at The Oval in freezing cold over a century ago marked the exit of one of cricket's great early legends

1769

Cricket's first centurion

Apr 4, 2009: The man who entered the record books for scoring the game's first recorded hundred

1961-62

Dropped over a drink

Mar 28, 2009: When a telephone call to a hotel front desk resulted in an unceremonious exit for Subhash Gupte and Kripal Singh

1993

When women took over Lord's

Mar 21, 2009: When a bastion of male chauvinism was taken over by the women

1939

Calling time on eternity

Mar 14, 2009: How the Durban game 70 years ago sounded the death knell for timeless Tests

1939

When 10 days were not enough

Mar 7, 2009: A first-hand account of the famous timeless Test in Durban 70 years ago

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