Moments in history

The day Mithali Raj registered the highest ever Test score
Abhishek MukherjeeAugust 16, 2018 3:46 PM IST
A teenager called Mithali Raj, in 2002, turned things around with a resounding double-hundred, smashing her way into the record books forever, stamping her arrival
Shoaib Akhtar: Fast, furious, and misunderstood
Abhishek MukherjeeAugust 13, 2018 11:49 AM IST
Shoaib Akhtar was fast, very fast, probably the fastest. But there was more to him than that.
George Abell: The civil servant who was the first to score a double century on Ranji Trophy debut
Pradip DholeAugust 13, 2018 11:23 AM IST
Abell, a wicketkeeper in the match, scored the double hundred for Northern India against Army in 1934-35.
William Moule: One-Test wonder who became a judge
Pradip DholeAugust 6, 2018 11:22 AM IST
William Moule's only Test was also the first one played on English soil.
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 7: Some minor West Indians
Arunabha SenguptaAugust 3, 2018 4:02 PM IST
Inshan Ali was a specialist Chinaman bowler. Bernard Julien was known mostly for bowling seam. And Roy Fredericks was a batsman who bowled at times.
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 3: Lindsay Kline
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 30, 2018 6:00 PM IST
Lindsay Kline averaged 22.82 with ball in Test cricket, doing particularly well overseas. Alas, he played only 13 Tests.
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 5: Johnny Wardle
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 31, 2018 6:00 PM IST
Johnny Wardle, a left-arm finger-spinner, took to bowling Chinaman and found reasonable success on Australian pitches.
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 4: Garry Sobers
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 31, 2018 6:00 AM IST
Garry Sobers bowled outswing, inswing, and finger-spin. He also bowled wrist-spin...
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 2: Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 30, 2018 9:28 AM IST
If ever the result of a Test match can be said to have been decided by a single ball, this was the occasion, wrote Don
Left-arm wrist spinners in cricket, part 1: Ellis Achong
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 27, 2018 4:45 PM IST
Part 1 of the series on Chinaman bowlers deals with Ellis Achong, often wrongly credited with the first popular exponent of the genre of delivery.
Indian Test triumphs in England, Part 4: Tons and tweaks at Headingley, 2002
Abhishek MukherjeeJuly 27, 2018 12:19 PM IST
Sourav Ganguly picked two spinners and opted to bat despite the gloom. The rest is history.
Indian Test triumphs in England, Part 3: The Dilip Vengsarkar show at Headingley, 1986
Abhishek MukherjeeJuly 26, 2018 1:46 PM IST
England scored 230 runs across innings in the Test, less than India's scores of 272 and 237. It was only the fifth time in history
Rev. AP Wickham: The man who kept wickets for both sides in a First-Class match
Pradip DholeJuly 25, 2018 2:38 PM IST
Rev. AP Wickham also held the County Championship record for the biggest innings to have kept wickets too without conceding a bye.
Indian Test triumphs in England, Part 2: Lord's conquered at last, 1986
Abhishek MukherjeeJuly 25, 2018 12:59 PM IST
India had drawn two and lost eight of their first 10 Tests at Lord's. This was their 11th attempt.
Indian Test triumphs in England, Part 1: Ajit Wadekar's men create history at The Oval, 1971
Abhishek MukherjeeJuly 24, 2018 12:00 PM IST
India had lost 15 out of their 19 Tests on English soil before the tour, drawing only rest. In fact had lost 11 of their