Hedley Verity

How much is a score of naught worth? Plenty, if you ask the teams for whom these epics of defiance were produced

Their troubles in Bangladesh and India are just the most recent in a long line of horrors

How do bowlers who get nine-fors feel?

If you're an England selector looking to pick a spinner to take to India, history shows you're probably better off with a leftie

A absorbing account of a universally loved cricketer and the impressive bowling feat he achieved eight decades ago

Tracing the story of the great English bowler's time as a commander leading a battalion against the Germans in Sicily

Verity, he of the marvellous length and unerring direction, had one of the most acute brains in the history of the game

Cricinfo reports on the first day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

Cricinfo reports on the fifth day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

Cricinfo reports on the third day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

A day-by-day account of the 1932-33 Bodyline series ... the final exchanges

A day-by-day account of the 1932-33 Bodyline series ... February 1933

A match report from The Cricketer of the MCC tour game against South Australia

A day-by-day account of the 1932-33 Bodyline series ... January 1933

A day-by-day account of the 1932-33 Bodyline series ... December 1932

A day-by-day account of the 1932-33 Bodyline series ... November 1932

A day-by-day account of the 1932-33 Bodyline series ... July to October 1932

Last Sunday Durham's Otis Gibson took all ten wickets in Hampshire's first innings, the 79th instance in first-class cricket. Here are some of the others

Andrew Miller picks out the finest bowling in Anglo-Australian history