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One of the great World Cup innings was in a group match between Australia and West Indies at The Oval on June 14th 1975 when the diminutive Alvin Kallicharran took on - and took apart - the swaggering Dennis Lillee. As Lillee fired in bouncers, Kallicharran rose to the challenge, at one point taking 35 off ten balls (Patrick Eagar)
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This week I'll be uploading a series of pictures of rural grounds from the Times between 1930 and 1945. The original quality was dire so they have been cleaned and coloured with as few changes as possible. This is Leigh near Hildenborough in Kent taken in 1930
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Gareth Copley's iconic picture of Ben Stokes celebrating hitting the winning runs in the incredible Leeds Test against Australia in 2019 was named the 2019 Wisden Cricket Photograph of the Year (Getty Images)
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Slow left-armer Arthur Booth was briefly seen in Yorkshire as the successor to Wilfred Rhodes but he only played four times between 1931 and 1938. In 1946 aged 43 he was recalled and took 111 wickets at 11.61, topping the national averages as Yorkshire won the Championship. He was tentatively mentioned as a possible for the Ashes tour of 1946-47 but was not picked and back at home caught rheumatic fever which severely weakened him. He only played four more games for the county
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Jack Hobbs pushes forward in the opening overs of the 1st Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, June 13th 1930. Hobbs, 47 and in his final series, scored 78 and 74 as England won by 93 runs
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A lovely portrait of Bishan Bedi at Lord's during India's 1974 tour of England (Patrick Eagar). In 67 Tests he took 266 wickets at 28.71, and in all first-class cricket 1560 wickets at 21.69 but those stats only scratch the surface of a remarkable man as well great spin bowler
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I remember that match at Lord's where Bedi returned figures of 6 for 226 ... there was an instance where a batsman, I can't remember who, cracked a boundary with a flourish and Bedi applauding him for his skill
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Wartime cricket at Hartney Witney in Hampshire where cricket has been played for over 250 years (C) (The Times)
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Tony Greig relaxes with a pint of beer on the balcony at Old Trafford at the end of a successful Test debut on June 13th 1972. He scored 57 and 62 and took 1 for 21 and 4 for 53 as England won the 1st Ashes Test of the summer by 89 runs (Patrick Eagar)
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Kane Williamson is congratulated on his hundred in his first Test innings, India v NZ, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, November 7th 2010. It was the first of 33 Test centuries. In 110 Tests he scored 9951 runs at 54.06 and took 30 wickets. He also scored 7256 List A runs and another 2575 in T20s (Sajjad Hussain)
ALT Kane Williamson is congratulated on his hundred in his first Test innings, India v NZ, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, November 7th 2010
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Eighteen-year-old Ian Botham is hit in the face by Andy Roberts, Somerset v Hampshire, B&H QF, Taunton, June 12th 1974. Botham, minus some front teeth, scored 45* batting at No.9 to steer Somerset to a one-wicket win
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A picture I took of Bob Willis bowling on the third day of the 1st England v India Test at Lord's, June 12th 1982. It was Willis' first Test after being appointed captain and he took 9 for 142 in England's seven-wicket win
ALT A picture I took of Bob Willis bowling on the third day of the 1st England v India Test at Lord's, June 12th 1982.
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Another lost outground ... Leicestershire played a game at Ashby-de-la-Zouch every season from 1912 to 1964. The boundaries were small, the changing rooms even smaller. Each season a player was allocated the job of bringing nails and a hammer with them to ensure there were enough pegs to hang clothes on
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Fast bowler Garth Le Roux's career coincided with South Africa's international isolation which limited him to 15 unofficial Tests for his country (59 wickets at 23.06). He is probably best remembered for his decade with Sussex (393 wickets at 23.16) and his season with World Series Cricket
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One of the great World Cup matches took place on June 11th 1975 at Edgbaston when West Indies beat Pakistan by one wicket after slipping to 203 for 9 chasing 267. Here Deryck Murray (61*) and Andy Roberts (24*) scramble the winnings run with two balls to spare. The result put West Indies into the semi-finals and knocked Pakistan out
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Looking at the window today the weather looks similar ... rain washed out the first two days of the 3rd England-New Zealand Test at Old Trafford in August 1931. Play eventually began after lunch on day three, but as it was a three-day Test that was all rather pointless. It did allow enough time for Duleepsinhji to bow out of Test cricket with 63 (C)
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A capacity crowd at Fenner's for the Australians tour game against Cambridge University in May 1926. Poor weather marred the match and Australia failed to chase down 59 in six overs on the last afternoon. The Cambridge side contained four future England Test players
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Don Bradman demonstrates a shot to Colin McCool as Australia took to the nets for the first time after their arrival, Lord's, April 17th 1948. When he batted Bradman placed his Baggy Green on top of his stumps -no bowler managed to dislodge it
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A pioneer of the reverse sweep, Harry Creber was a Glamorgan great before they entered the County Championship but he did play in their first two first-class season even though he was almost 50 by then. A left-arm seamer, he had no pretensions as a batsman and at times batted both left and right handed, sometimes changing mid innings as this account relates
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Elton John signs autographs at a benefit game between Middlesex and the Vic Lewis All Stars, Lord's, June 10th 1973. He scored 24 (Larry Ellis)
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