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A celebration of the great feats and path-breaking events witnessed in the history of the game.

Alec Stewart and Mike Atherton play their 100th Tests

August 2, 2020

3 August 2000. Alec Stewart and Mike Atherton play their 100th Tests;

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In England Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Mike Atherton, Alec Stewart
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The day the googly claimed its first victim

July 19, 2020

On July 20, 1900, a ball delivered with the standard action of a leg-spinner broke the other way and left the batsman stranded and stumped in the middle of the pitch. Arunabha Sengupta recalls how BJT Bosanquet created a new delivery, which went on to be known as the googly.

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In England Tags Bernard Bosanquet, Arunabha Sengupta
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Geoff Boycott's 100th First Class Century

January 26, 2015

August 11, 1977. Geoff Boycott drove Greg Chappell for four to bring up his 100th First-class century in what was only the second Test since his self-imposed banishment. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the day that saw the talismanic Yorkshireman get to his much-awaited landmark.

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In England Tags 100th FC hundred
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