In a press match at the Karachi Gymkhana I won the fielding prize of 800 rupees for the best catch of my life. I had to dive to my left and half-forward to catch a skimming drive. The cost of my tetanus injection was 1000 rupees ✒️Scyld Berry

For spectators there is always some auxiliary occupation. I remember 3 ladies stoically knitting when England were being skittled by an Australian. As the wickets fell so the needles clicked, evoking thoughts of the ladies of Paris sitting at the guillotine✒️Leslie Thomas#Lords72

Six banned, six fined
(The Cricketer Sept 1989) #Archives

'Fluffed Intros'
✒️Edward Craig 📷Gooch and Thomson at Edgbaston 1975

From the archives:
When the BCCI banned the teens . . . .
(Wisden Asia June 2005)

Kolkata 1993: Ted Dexter and the England party celebrate Gooch's 100th test.

'Unhappily for Gooch he had his cake but couldn't eat it as India romped home by eight wickets.'

Peshawar 1997: Walsh's bats are stolen. He demands an explanation from the local police. 'Courtney,' says Wasim, 'I love you but use someone else's bat.' 'No, man, the weight is perfect, the pickup perfect.' The bats are found - in time for him to make 0 & 0 at Pindi (📓'Sultan')

'Video Replays & the Third Umpire'

Ian Healy's stumping of Robin Smith at Lord's 1993: 'the first decision made by the third umpire Chris Balderstone (right) after the benefit of three video replays. It was the first test match in England to use a third umpire to adjudicate'

'Lillee's fast bowling Academy'
✒️R Mohan in 'The Cricketer' Oct 1988

'The parched summer' Headingley Leeds 1984 📸 Ken Kelly

Two for a No-ball
(The Daily Telegraph Dec 10, 1992)

'The sobriquet 'Tiger' probably originated with his having shot a tiger on his eleventh birthday. His father had died that day and the hunt had been arranged by his maternal grandfather to distract the young boy from the tragedy at home'
✒️Pradeep Magazine 'Not Just Cricket'

When everybody could be called to open. Jaisimha and Kunderan. India v Eng at Eden Gardens Jan-Feb 1964.

'For teams like Pak, India & West Indies, a battle to right colonial wrongs and assert our equality was played out on the cricket field every time we took on England. My friends Richards and Gavaskar were both examples . . .' ✒️Imran Khan 📓Pakistan: A Personal History (📸FB)

A West Indian quick, barely 22, captured by 📸Adrian Murrell, now a hot-favourite 🎤Ian Raphael Bishop

When Ravi Shastri was on the other side.
(Sportsworld Oct 9, 1985)

A benevolent fund
(Sportsworld Oct 9, 1985)

The era of D K Lillee and a fine.
(Daily Telegraph Nov 16, 1981)

'When he was made coach . . . Wadekar became the boss of the team. Indian teams are run by the captain and one or two seniors. The coach is (usually) like a prop on the stage. Not Wadekar though.' ✒️Sanjay Manjrekar

Dennis Lillee's aluminium bat was banned after Perth. But the brilliant Nic Newman tracked it down🖌 Nick Newman