Fifty Years on: Reminiscences of The 1965 Caribbean Tour by Laurie Mayne The 1960-61 West Indian tour of Australia reinvigorated Test cricket as no other international series before or since. Scintillating and tense cricket combined with great sportsmanship and huge crowds helped to create an epic competition between two evenly-matched teams. The … [Read more...]
What is Wrist Spin? – by Peter Philpott
What is Wrist Spin? by Peter Philpott Like so many cricketing terms, ’wrist spin’ is a confusing one, tor spinning the ball when bowling, whether ’wrist spin’ or finger spin’, demands the use ol wrist as well as lingers. In fact, to really spin the be“ hard (to ’rip it’ or ’give it flick’) requires even more levers: the … [Read more...]
A Rich Memory – by John Benaud
There were 14 years between us. In the 1930s, our loving parents Lou and Rene had other things on their minds, in particular negotiating the aftermath of the Great Depression, and confronting the prospect of World War II. Not much fun there. But how lucky I was, because that age gap offered me the good fortune of a second father figure, and a goldmine of wisdom. From beyond the … [Read more...]