Percy Fender did two incredible things on August 26, first in 1920, then in 1921.
Read MoreWG and the 400
12 July 1876. WG gets 400
Read MoreHedley Verity captures 10 for 10
12 July 1932. Hedley Verity captures 10 for 10.
Read MoreFred Trueman becomes first to 100 wickets in the 1960 season
In 1960, Fred Trueman reached Bradford with 90 wickets in the season under his belt. He had in sight the honour of becoming the first bowler to a hundred wickets in the season. And he did that in style on 5 July amidst a lot of drama in Fred Trueman style. Abhishek Mukherjee recounts the sequence of events.
Read MorePercy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe put on 555
16 June 1932. Holmes and Sutcliffe put on 555.
Read MoreWhen WG Grace, batting 93, declared the innings
There were a lot of things WG Grace was capable of, but declaring his team innings closed in a ‘dead match’ because he had never made a certain score was fantastic even by his outrageous track record. However, he did exactly that on August 3, 1898.Abhishek Mukherjee looks back.
Read MoreWG Grace - 100th First Class Century
May 17, 1895. In his 47th year, WG Grace scored his 100th hundred in First-Class cricket and went on ton compile 288. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the blisteringly cold day on which history was made at Bristol.
Read MoreWG Grace - eight days that shook the world
Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the amazing exploits of WG Grace during one of his most celebrated purple patches, during 11th to 18th August, 1876. It stunned the cricketing world, even in those days of limited communications.
Read MoreThe day the Googly claimed its first victim
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.
Read MoreMike Procter's century and hattrick
On July 18, 1972, Mike Procter managed the fantastic feat of scoring a century and following it up with a hat-trick. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the astonishing achievement and dwells on the other South Africans of that era for whom county cricket was the only stage to play alongsidreputed international cricketers.
Read MoreDenis Compton, Bill Edrich and the apex of a dream summer
July 14, 1947. Denis Compton and Bill Edrich reached the apex of their dream summer, in a lavish spread of run making that saw 633 scored in a day. Arunabha Sengupta relives the rollicking run feast at Leicester the like of which has seldom been witnessed ever since.
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