ShreyasIyer

Abdominal Protector - the Abdominal protector is another term for the 'box', and is commonplace in some cricketing countries. It is not a particularly correct term, as the box does not protect the abdomen at all. It does, however, try to ensure that you are still a tenor and not a soprano. All out � The team is all-out, when ten players are dismissed. However, a team can also finish batting when only five are out, although this only happens if another five of them have had to retire hurt after receiving injuries from the gentleman fast bowlers of the West Indies (ask Sunil Gavaskar about 1976). All-rounder � An all-rounder is a player who can both bat and bowl / or bat and wicketkeep / or bowl and wicketkeep (although this last category is quite rare as they tend to get buggered running up the pitch faster than the ball). An all-rounder should be worthy of his place in the team for both aspects of the game, however, England have perfected the art of selecting players who aren�t...

I have a fair few more player profiles that I will drop on here over the coming weeks. However, if there are any specific profiles you would like, feel free to make a request.

The First and Second World Wars affected the careers of many great players from the cricketing powers of Australia and England. Individuals such as Don Bradman and Walter Hammond missed out on the opportunity to play many more test matches during their peak performing years, however they were still lucky enough to live in a country that played test cricket regularly before and after these interruptions. Players from countries such as the West Indies had even fewer chances to play internationally, being penalized further due to the lack of tests that their country played at that time. Possibly the best player who was most affected by this unfortunate combination of the intervention of the war and birthplace was a New Zealander, Martin Donnelly, whose test career consisted of only seven test matches over a period of twelve years. Martin Paterson Donnelly was born to Louis and Jane on the 17th of October, 1917 in Ngaruawahia, in the province of Waikato. He had a twin brother, Maurice, who...

It is always a great starting point for an argument to propose your view on who is the greatest batsman ever. Whilst Bradman would appear to have a clear right to this title, other people will put forward convincing counterclaims for players like Sachin Tendulkar, Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond or Graeme Pollock. To narrow it down to the best batsman from a specific country would appear easier, but that is still immensely difficult. If the question was targeted to the West Indies, any number of great cricketers come to mind. Viv Richards has been the recipient of any number of awards, as have other players like Brian Lara, Rohan Khanai, Gary Sobers, Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes. However, the first ever truly great West Indian batsman was George Headley, and his career provides compelling evidence in considering him one of the top five batsman of all time, not just of those players from the West Indies. George was born on the 30th of May, 1909 in Panama to a Barbadian mother and a Jamaic...

Hi all, Welcome to my new blog on cricket. It is devoted to players and games from the great past of our game, with an emphasis on legends that may have been forgotten or overlooked in current times. I will also review cricket books, DVDs and other associated paraphernalia. Cheers, Stuart