They were presumably all travelling on the same train, but perhaps unsurprisingly none of Hedley Verity, Stan McCabe, Don Bradman and Vic Richardson look entirely comfortable at this desert stop during the 'Bodyline' Tour - I doubt DRJ would have approved of such fraternising!

Good to see Zampa get a bit of tap for once 🙂

Contrasting facial expressions here from Sir Geoffrey Boycott and Roland Butcher as they return from the 80/81 tour of the Caribbean - no doubt, and understandably, Roland was disappointed at his failure to compete with Sir Geoffrey's fashion statement - what a cap that is!

Jimmy Amarnath, whose record is a little inconsistent at times but who was undoubtedly one of the bravest batsmen of the generation of the 1970s and 1980s, demonstrating just how broad his bat was

I'm not the greatest fan of T20, and I don't have a dog in the race, but I'm still enjoying finals day, which just goes to underline for me what a daft idea the crisp packet challenge is

Aged 24 and 22 Kenny Barrington and Fred Titmus made their Test debuts against South Africa in 1955 - neither achieved much in the two Tests they got, but both went on to be England regulars in the 1960s

It's Eaglets time again, as David Battersby brings his readers up to speed with his latest discoveries on the subject of the various Pakistani touring sides that have borne that name CricketWeb David Battersby Dr. Nauman Niaz cricketweb.net/books/eaglets-…

It's County Cricket Matters time again, and cricket's most important quarterly journal is more enjoyable than ever cricketweb.net/books/ccm20/ CricketWeb Annie Chave County Cricket Matters Jeremy Lonsdale Who Only Cricket Know matthew appleby The Writing Desk 27

With England 378-3 Peter May, on 193, leads Colin Cowdrey (78) off at the close on day 4 of the Edgbaston Test against West Indies in 1957 - next day they took their partnership to 411 before Cowdrey was dismissed for 154 - when May eventually declared he was 285*

Did Derek Randall hit the stumps this time? I have no idea, but if the batter was lucky enough to have got away with it this time I doubt he'd have taken any more liberties

Aged 25 and not yet a Test player Keith Miller has just completed what was one of the best innings of his career, 185 for the Dominions against England at Lord's in 1945 - for England skipper Wally Hammond made twin centuries, but Miller's innings was the match winning one

It's a sobering thought that this was 44 years ago - 'tis Dennis Lillee bowling in the Centenary Test at Lord's, with Dickie Bird standing back and enjoying the show, and Mike Gatting seemingly in no hurry to get away from the non-striker's end

A little harsh to regard it as a chance, but Chappelli did get both hands to this one during Tom Graveney's second innings at Edgbaston in the third Ashes Test in 1968

Hello Dolly! Basil D'Oliviera first played First Class cricket in England in 1964 and this is from his second game, for MCC against Cambridge University, looking rather like a right handed Garry Sobers - Mike Griffith is the 'keeper

Our reviews on CricketWeb are both from books published in the southern hemisphere and are of a monograph about the interesting career of Aussie leg spinner who played but a single Test, and a book from India about five of the very best Aditya GlobalCricketSchool

Bundled out for 133 in their first innings after Peter May won the toss and batted against South Africa at Trent Bridge in 1955 by lunch on day 3 England were 56 on with May and Denis Compton going well hence the satisfied expressions - England went on to win by 71 runs

Aussie opener Jim Burke pulls the off spin of Jim Laker at Trent Bridge in the first Test at Trent Bridge in 1956 - skipper Peter May and Tom Graveney take eveasive action whilst, pointedly, Tony Lock doesn't

This is the dismissal of Dennis Lillee in the first Test in 1974/75, made to look rather undignified by a Tony Greig bouncer that he managed to glove to Alan Knott - this was supposedly the first shot that started the 'bumper war' - at least Greigy enjoyed it- he replied with 110

For those interested, and I know there are a few of you, here is a letter written by Alexander Hore-Ruthven, at the time of the 'Battle of Adelaide' the Governor of South Australia, to Plum Warner in 1934 - at the time it was sent DRJ was leading England in India

One of the classic images of Victor Trumper - this one has been reproduced many times but as far as I can see first appeared in a book in 1906 in what I think is the most underrated of all the many books the game has generated cricketweb.net/the-complete-c…