Cricket News, Records, Legends & Stories
Cricket News, Records, Legends & Stories
There are easier ways to become famous in cricket than leaving the ball outside off stump. Rahul Dravid never seemed particularly interested in easy ways. He built his career one spell at a time, one session at a time, sometimes one defensive stroke at a time. Fast bowlers could attack him for hours. Spinners could […]
Few cricketers have ever combined power, entertainment and longevity quite like Chris Gayle. The towering Jamaican left-hander became one of the most recognizable batsmen of the modern era. In Test cricket, he scored triple centuries. In One Day Internationals, he passed 10,000 runs and became the first man to score a World Cup double century. […]
There are batsmen who dominate scorecards. Then there are batsmen who dominate the imagination. Sir Vivian Richards belonged to the second category. He walked to the crease without a helmet, chewing gum, shoulders relaxed, bat in hand and confidence visible before a ball had even been bowled. Fast bowlers tried to intimidate him. Richards often […]
Australian cricket has produced generations of extraordinary players. Few combined batting excellence, competitive intensity and leadership quite like Ricky Ponting. For 17 years, Ponting stood at the heart of one of the most successful teams international cricket has ever seen. He scored more than 27,000 international runs. He made 71 international centuries. He won three […]
Few cricketers of the modern era have combined performance, intensity, fitness, consistency and global popularity quite like Virat Kohli. From a young Delhi batsman leading India to an Under-19 World Cup title to becoming one of the most prolific run-scorers in international cricket, Kohli’s career has been defined by relentless ambition. He became the face […]
Cricket has produced extraordinary batsmen in every generation, but one number still stands apart from almost everything else in the sport: 99.94. That was Sir Donald Bradman’s batting average when his Test career ended in 1948. More than seven decades later, the figure remains one of cricket’s most famous statistics. Bradman played only 52 Tests, […]
Some batsmen are remembered for consistency. Others are remembered for records. Brian Lara is remembered for both, but neither fully explains what made him special. At his best, Lara could take control of a match almost single-handedly. His high backlift, flowing stroke play and ability to score enormous innings made him one of the most […]
Few names in cricket carry the same weight as Sachin Tendulkar. For more than two decades, the Indian batting legend walked to the crease with millions of people watching his every move. Expectations followed him everywhere, yet Tendulkar continued scoring runs against some of the finest bowlers cricket has ever produced. His career was extraordinary […]
