In this post, we go back to the sixth and final Test of the 1997 Ashes series. Despite England showing early promise with a resounding win in the opening Test at Edgbaston, Australia came back in familiar fashion to win three of the next four Tests to retain the urn and win their fifth […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – England v Australia, The Oval, 1997With the Ashes around the corner, let us go down the years to 1953, the year of probably England’s most significant Ashes victory. England were going through an Ashes drought of nearly 20 years, having last won the urn in the Bodyline series of 1932-33. Moreover, in the three post-war Ashes series of […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – England v Australia, The Oval, 1953If there is one Associate nation today that reminds us time and again of its capability of being a full member, it is Ireland. After years of second-class treatment to cricket, shunned for being an English sport, the Irishmen finally made their international debut in 2006, and have quickly risen to become, by far, […]
Read More SPECIALS – Ireland’s finest ODI winsThe veteran Indian sports journalist Dicky Rutnagur passed away at the age of 82 in London on Thursday night. He was ailing for a long time, having bravely battled cancer for many years. Rutnagur was a highly respected and admired personality in cricket journalism, who made his name through newspaper reporting in India […]
Read More SPECIALS – Tribute to Dicky Rutnagur
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