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Ashes 1948: The heist at Headingley

July 26, 2020

Australia chased down 404 on 27 July 1948

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In 1948 Tags Don Bradman, Arthur Morris
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Ashes 1948: The Don's final innings

August 14, 2019

August 14, 1948. England were skittled out for 52 by a lethal Ray Lindwall, following which Don Bradman fell for the most infamous duck in the history of cricket. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the day when the great man played his last Test innings, stopping short of 7,000 Test runs and an average of 100 by 4 runs.

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In 1948 Tags Don Bradman, Eric Hollies, Arunabha Sengupta
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Ashes 1932-22, 1938, 1948: Hands that bowled Bradman

August 13, 2019

Mayukh Ghosh looks at some of the names that became famous for dismissing Don Bradman

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In 1938, 1948, 1932-33 Tags Eric Hollies, Bill Bowes, Malcolm Hilton, Paul Brooks, Bill Andrews, Mayukh Ghosh
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Ashes 1948: Sid Barnes encounters near fatal injury

July 29, 2019

Fielding at short-leg Sid Barnes encountered a near-fatal injury on July 9, 1948 at Old Trafford. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at the shot that nearly killed a man during a Test.

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In 1948 Tags Sid Barnes, Abhishek Mukherjee
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