Arunabha Sengupta

Chief Cricket Writer & Historian

Author: Arunabha Sengupta

Arunabha Sengupta is a cricket historian and Chief Cricket Writer at CricketCountry. He writes about the history of cricket, with occasional statistical pieces and reflections on the modern game. He is also the author of four novels, the most recent being Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of The Ashes. He tweets @senantix

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When Viswanath eclipsed Pele's 1,000th goal
Arunabha SenguptaNovember 19, 2017 9:04 PM IST
Gundappa Viswanath arrives.
The Fijian who fielded in a skirt & featured on a stamp before Bradman and Richards
Arunabha SenguptaNovember 19, 2017 8:53 PM IST
The Fijian Petero Kubunavuna fielded barefoot in a sulu and featured on the stamp issued to commemorate the centenary of cricket in Fiji in 1974.
Ashes: Bligh brings back the Urn after brushes with calamity & cupid
Arunabha SenguptaNovember 11, 2017 8:07 PM IST
A look back at the collisions of fate and vessels, matches of Tug-of-War and union of hearts — and the curious cases of the extra
Roebuck commits suicide 20 years after writing foreword to a book on cricket suicides
Arunabha SenguptaNovember 11, 2017 7:58 PM IST
Peter Roebuck wrote the foreword to David Frith's By His Own Hand. He committed suicide himself 20 years later.
12 little-known facts about Budhi Kunderan
Arunabha SenguptaOctober 2, 2017 2:12 PM IST
Twelve relatively little- known facts about the stalwart.
Rupert Brooke: The cricketing connections of the youthful poet
Arunabha SenguptaOctober 3, 2017 8:00 AM IST
Apart from cricket, Rupert Brooke was also more than competent at rugby.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The grandfather of an England captain did not know much about the game
Arunabha SenguptaOctober 2, 2017 7:30 AM IST
Lord Tennyson knew that there was bowling, and something called stumping, involved in cricket, but...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her cricketing notes
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 28, 2017 8:00 AM IST
There is evidence to suggest that Elizabeth Barrett Browning played a bit of cricket at Colwall Green, under the Malvern Hills.
Bernard Hollowood’s recipe to counter Bodyline
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 29, 2017 8:00 AM IST
Bernard Hollowood had a recipe for countering the thunderbolts aimed at the body by Harold Larwood and Bill Voce.
Byron’s poetic trysts with cricket
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 30, 2017 8:00 AM IST
Eton won the match against Lord Byron’s Harrow and followed it with a poem to rub it in. Byron rose to the challenge.
The dilemma of Greg Thomas
Arunabha SenguptaOctober 1, 2017 8:00 AM IST
Was it okay for him, wondered Greg Thomas, to play against a unit that certainly did not have the approval of the establishment?
Byron’s foray onto the cricket pitch
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 21, 2017 3:22 PM IST
Lord Byron had a club foot. However, he did venture onto the cricket pitch in the rather prestigious Eton vs Harrow encounter of 1805.
The predicament of Kris Srikkanth
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 25, 2017 8:00 AM IST
Srikkanth received an SOS to join the Indian team in Pakistan, 1984: and then...
Bill Ashdown’s advice to Frank Woolley
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 19, 2017 12:56 PM IST
Bill Ashdown’s advice to Frank Woolley, however counterintuitive, was based on solid reason.
Snow and Soap
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 18, 2017 6:03 PM IST
You do not summon poets for soaps, but John Snow was no ordinary man.