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New Delhi, June 8: The cricketing world will be lit up again when England and Australia, two of the oldest rivals in the history of the sport lock horns in the prestigious Ashes series from June 16 onwards.
The most frequent method of dismissal in cricket is being caught out by fielders other than the wicketkeeper. Detailed analysis reveals that, between 1877 and 2012, the method accounted for around 40 percent in Test cricket. This is confirmed by analysis of post-2012 data. When the 20 percent caught by wicketkeepers is added, the total percentage of dismissals achieved by
Given the intellectual vacuity Twenty20 tournaments exist in, you would not really be surprised if anyone inside the bubble said Margaret Thatcher was “the other woman” in King Alfred’s life. But the assumption that cricket before it was slow as a snail probably calls for contradiction.
On this day in 1882, England suffered their first loss to Australia at their own backyard by eight runs, which served as the birth of the prestigious The Ashes