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Batsman bowled as ball strikes from behind the wicket

August 29, 2020

30 Aug 1948. Martin Donnelly bowled off a ball that pitched behind the stumps

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In Bizarre Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Martin Donnelly, Jack Young
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Cricket Divorce: The Row of the Rowleys

August 25, 2020

The unsuccessful dance down the wicket. A woman named Mildred Rowley was granted divorce because her husband was cricket-mad.

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In Divorce Tags Arunabha Sengupta
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EM Grace opens the innings and chooses his partner after being dropped

August 21, 2020

20 Aug 1888 EM Grace opens the innings and chooses his partner after being dropped

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In Fun Facts Tags WG Grace, EM Grace, Abhishek Mukherjee
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The Leg Over incident

August 8, 2020

The Leg Over fiasco took place on 9 August 1991

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In Fun Facts Tags Brian Johnston, Jonathan Agnew, Arunabha Sengupta
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Some facts about the young Garry Sobers

July 28, 2020

Five facts about the young Garry Sobers

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In Fun Facts Tags Garry Sobers, Arunabha Sengupta
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James Southerton thinks he is out, no one else does

July 25, 2020

25 July 1870 James Southerton thought he is out, no one else did

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In Bizarre Tags Abhishek Mukherjee, James Southerton
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Mark Waugh: Trendsetting catching feat at Lord's

July 22, 2020

Mark Waugh caught his way to Lord’s honour board

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In Pioneers Tags Abhishek Mukherjee, Mark Waugh
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George Best ends up in the wrong Old Trafford

July 11, 2020

12 July 1961. George Best ended up in the wrong Old Trafford

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In Football Tags George Best, Arunabha Sengupta
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Vegetarian dismissal : caught Beet bowled Root

July 11, 2020

12 July 1913. The only time c Beet b Root appeared on the scoreboard of a First-Class match. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the game in which the Beet-Root combination struck for the first and only time for Derbyshire.

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In Fun Facts Tags Fred Root, Arunabha Sengupta
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Bob Carpenter's travails against (and alongside) WG

July 9, 2020

Bob Carpenter bats with WG Grace

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In Fun Facts Tags Bob Carpenter, WG Grace, Abhishek Mukherjee
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Fred Trueman and one of his greatest one-liners

July 7, 2020

One of Trueman’s gretest one-liners were uttered on 7 July 1954

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In One Liners Tags Abhishek Mukherjee, Johnny Wardle, Fred Trueman
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Harold Larwood bounces Joginder Singh

July 4, 2020

Harold Larwood hits Joginder Singh

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In Intimidatory bowling Tags Abhishek Mukherjee, Harold Larwood, Joginder Singh
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First-class cricketer who did not bat, did not bowl, did not field

July 4, 2020

First-class cricketer who did not ever bat, bowl or field

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In Fun Facts Tags Abhishek Mukherjee, Percy Fender
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One bowler against all of them

June 29, 2020

June 29, 1818. MCC played the Gentlemen of England with some stretched rules. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the game in which only one bowler was employed by the Gentlemen across two innings, and voices a suspicion that cannot be ignored.

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In Bizarre Tags Arunabha Sengupta, George Osbaldeston
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Cec Pepper cons Warwickshire bowlers

June 29, 2020

29 June 1964. Officiating in the Glamorgan-Warwickshire match was the colourful former Australian cricketer Cec Pepper. And his umpiring, apparently flawless, had some undercurrents of deception. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the hilarious incident.

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In Fun Facts Tags Cec Pepper, Arunabha Sengupta
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When a batsman ran towards slip

June 27, 2020

When a batsman ran towards the slips

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In Fun Facts Tags Abhishek Mukherjee, Oxford v Cambridge
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WG Grace caught on the wrong side of gamesmanship

June 26, 2020

27 June 1876. WG on the wrong side of gamesmanship

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In Gamesmanship Tags WG Grace, Abhishek Mukherjee
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Bill Voce and the bat-stump confusion

June 20, 2020

When the batsman was confused between bat and stump

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In Fun Facts Tags Bill Voce, Abhishek Mukherjee
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Absolom Mr., Wrongly given out

June 20, 2020

Charlie Absolom was given out in a bizarre way

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In Rules Tags Charlie Absolom, Abhishek Mukherjee
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Courting damages: Getting creative with the bat

June 19, 2020

Tale of a legal battle

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In Law, Fisticuff Tags Abhishek Mukherjee
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