Whistlin' past the ear
In 1975-76 against West Indies, Jeff Thomson was struggling to live up to his fearsome reputation. But on Boxing Day he let rip
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Shot Stories
The roles they played
Playwright Terence Rattigan's 1953 film The Final Test featured six England Test cricketers
Zip, zap, boom
Pakistan's first series win in England came via an innings victory at Headingley, where Imran Khan took ten wickets
Ball boys
Apart from excellent cricket commentary, the Test Match Special team was known for its giggly, schoolboy humour
Out of hand
Twenty years ago this month, Arjuna Ranatunga got the better of Shane Warne and won a World Cup
Sonic boom
At the Basin Reserve in 2003, Shoaib Akhtar turned a huge first-innings deficit into a seven-wicket series win
We're such jolly good fellows
The 1954-55 England Ashes players get their party hats on for a festive dinner in between some exhilarating victories
Sing when you're winning
Another pitch, another track: the West Indian team touring England in 1976 stop in at a London studio to record a calypso
The winter of our discontent
At the start of their 1992-93 tour of India, little did these England players know what was in store for them - the first ever Test series whitewash in the country
Eight short in Hobart
Following his departure from the international cricket scene, we look back eight years ago to one of Kumar Sangakkara's finest innings