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The Day Brabourne Burned (opens the original)
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On a warm Saturday afternoon in November 1969, thousands of cricket fans filled Bombay’s historic Brabourne Stadium. Instead of a tense, tactical fourth day of a Test match between India and Australia, the day ended with black smoke, flying bricks, police charges, and visiting players grabbing wooden wickets to protect themselves during a stadium siege.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KEZx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A
The Rise and Brutal Decline of Marnus Labuschagne (opens the original)
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Australia have won the second Test in Mackay against Bangladesh and thus have equalised the series at 1-1, or more accurately, have avoided suffering their first home whitewash since 1886/87. The statement could have seemed completely unrealistic on the 13th, or even the 14th, of August, since no one thought that Bangladesh would be able to win a match in Australia. Although the series had for a long time been seen as straightforward by the home side, given that they were about to begin a marath
Wrong foot legend (opens the original)
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Mike Procter, the South African all-rounder, had an international career that was cut short. He played only 7 Test matches (all of them against Australia at home), but they were enough to tell what he was capable of. He took 41 wickets at 15 and scored 226 runs. <i
Dave Houghton's 266 (opens the original)
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There is a type of cricket innings which not only wins a match but also fosters a nation’s belief in itself, and Dave Houghton’s score of 266 against Sri Lanka in Bulawayo in October 1994 is a perfect example of this. It is still the highest score ever achieved by a Zimbabwean in Test cricket to this day, and the tale associated with it is far more interesting than the figure alone.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M4F5!,f_auto,q_auto:good
The Anil Kumble ODI Anomaly (opens the original)
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Anil Kumble is India’s highest wicket-taker in Test and ODI cricket, as well as the country’s most prolific wicket-taker in international cricket. His 337 ODI wickets, 3 of them for Asia XI, put him at number 10 in the list of ODI wicket-takers. He made his debut in Sharjah in 1990 and played every year up to 2007, his final match being against Bermuda in the 2007 World Cup.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h7uW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_prog
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