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Mayukh Ghosh
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When there's Test cricket on weekdays, I work from home.
Dec 2, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
A short thread on tour books concerning #INDvNZ Tests.
There aren't many but there are some good ones.
Sport & Pastime published this pre-tour account in 1955. Image The Story of the Tests Vol III by S.K. Gururnathan.
Another post tour account published in 1965.
One chapter covers the 1955/56 tour. Image
Jan 13, 2021 • 27 tweets • 14 min read
A thread on cricket history books.
This is @rohithaashv's idea which came to me via @ovshake42.
A few on general cricket history and then some more on the history in the major cricket playing countries.
One thread is not enough but will try to cover as much as possible. Harry Altham's 'A History of Cricket' was first published in 1926, after it was serialised in The Cricketer.
A 2nd edition came out in 1938.
This time EW swanton co-authored it with Altham.
Two more editions in 1947 and 1948.
And a final one in 1962 ( two volumes).
Dec 10, 2020 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
"He takes opportunities. I need an opportunist."
This is a thread about Paolo Rossi and Enzo Bearzot.
The astonishing journey from shame to fame during a week's time.
And why he will remain forever special. April 28, 1982.
The World Cup in Spain is exactly 45 days away.
Paolo Rossi has not played competitive football for two years and no one expects him to be in the squad for the World Cup.
Match-fit and well prepared players are required for a tournament of such stature.
Dec 9, 2020 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
A thread on how Garry Sobers revived Test cricket on Day one of the Brisbane Test in 1960.
It ended in a tie but this is only about day one and Sobers' innings.
The end result often overshadows this important innings. "Against the increased tempo of modern life, cricket must be regarded as a rather slow moving activity."
Harry Altham, President of the MCC.
Thousands echoed his opinion.
The 1950s was a decade in which scoring was very slow. The slowest among them all, in fact.
Mar 16, 2020 • 25 tweets • 10 min read
When David Frith wished Don Bradman on his 84th birthday, The Don thanked him and added that there was no need to make him remember he was 84!
"It's better to have reached 84 than not", replied Frith who himself has now reached that age.
Thread on little-known facts about him. It was Jack Pollard who advised him, around 1963, to seek a cricket-writing career over in England. His encouragement was a vital spur, though it took years before Frith managed the breakthrough - and that was through his 'substitute father' John Arlott.