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 MorePravin Amre's gem on debut
November 15, 1992.With India tottering on 38 for four at Durban, debutant Pravin Amre came in to score a gem of a century that saved the day for the team. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at innings that prompted Clive Lloyd to remark that Amre was another in the long line of great Indian batsmen.
Read MoreVictor Trumper scores 208 against Queensland
November 18, 1899. Victor Trumper struck 208 for New South Wales (NSW) against Queensland, showing yet another facet of his immense genius. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the innings which captured the imagination of the Australians even though the hot topic of the day was the Boer War.
Read MoreThe birth of Day Night Matches
November 27, 1978. The first Day Night One-Day International (ODI) was played at Sydney Cricket Ground. The contestants were West Indies and Australia. Almost exactly a year earlier, the ground had hosted the first Day Night match, during Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket. The teams had been the same, with WSC tags preceding their names. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the landmark matches, also tracing the history of the first ever cricket match played under lights — between Middlesex and Arsenal.
Read MoreThe Three Ws appear together for the last time
August 24, 1957 Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott appeared together for the last time in Test cricket. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the three very special men linked by greatness, runs and a letter of the alphabet.
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 MoreGeoff Boycott's 100th First Class Century
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.
Read MoreAnil Kumble's Test hundred
Anil Kumble’s superlative career scaled that one peak that had eluded him for 17 years. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the day when India's greatest match-winning bowler enjoyed perhaps his happiest moment at the batting crease ever – scoring his only century in Tests.
Read MoreDavid Gower plays his last Test match
August 9, 1992. David Gower shouldered arms to be bowled by a Waqar Younis delivery, marking the end of 14 years of ethereal run-making. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the day which saw the most princely of batsmen walked back to the pavilion the last time.
Read MoreThe first streaker at Lord's
August 4, 1975. The he fourth day’s play at Lord’s between England and Australia was held up for a while by a pioneering intruder, the feats of whom have been repeated often in future. Arunabha Sengupta revisits the antics of the first streaker in the history of Lord’s.
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Andy Ducat - Not out Dead
On July 23, 1942, multifaceted cricketer Andy Ducat played a ball down to mid on and collapsed to his death. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the only time the scoreboard read: Not Out Dead.
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The 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.
Read MoreAEJ Collins: 13-year-old who scored 628
A 13-year old orphan schoolboy’s batting marathon ended when the last man was out, leaving him unbeaten on 628! Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the epic innings which still stands as the highest recorded score in any grade of cricket.
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Majid Khan's century before lunch
A century in the first session of the opening day of a Test has been achieved only on four occasions, three of them before the Second World War. Arunabha Sengupta revisits the 1976 innings of Majid Khan, the only instance of such a feat since 1930, and discusses why it is such an unique chapter in the history of cricket.
Read MoreVijay Hazare's incredible 309 out of 387
Batting for The Rest against the Hindus in the final of the Bombay Pentangular of 1943-44, Vijay Hazare scored a triple century in the second innings, while the rest of his colleagues managed 78. Arunabha Sengupta relives that remarkable innings played exactly 69 years ago.
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