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The Illustrations

Section 1

The scoreboard at the end of England’s first innings of the opening Test, Sydney, December 1932

Harold Larwood bowling to Bill Woodfull during the Fourth Test, Brisbane, February 1933

Basil D’Oliveira batting for England against Australia in the Fifth Test at the Oval, August 1968

Henry Olonga bowling for Zimbabwe against India in the World Cup in England, May 1999

Australia’s Jeff Thomson bowling to Tony Greig during the Fourth Test, Sydney, January 1975

Michael Holding of West Indies bowling to Brian Close during the Second Test at Lord’s, June 1976

Kerry Packer and Tony Greig outside the High Court in London, September 1977

Cricket under lights at the World Series Grand Final, Sydney, February 1979

Captains Alec Stewart of England and Hansie Cronje of South Africa toss up before the Second Test at Lord’s, June 1998

Allan Donald stares down Michael Atherton during the Fourth Test at Trent Bridge, July 1998

The first ever tied Test, Australia v West Indies, Brisbane, December 1960

Mark Boucher celebrates as the scoreboard shows South Africa have overtaken Australia’s record ODI score of 434, Johannesburg, March 2006

Ian Botham hooking Geoff Lawson during his innings of 149 not out in the Third Test at Headingley, July 1981

Bob Willis prepares to bowl during Australia’s second innings when he took eight for 43 to win the match, Headingley, July 1981

Ian Botham shakes hands with his captain Mike Brearley as England win the Fourth Test at Edgbaston by 29 runs, August 1981

Geoff Miller catches last man Jeff Thomson to win the Fourth Test against Australia by two runs, Melbourne, December 1982

West Indies’ Courtney Walsh celebrates a one-run victory against Australia in the Fourth Test, Adelaide, January 1993

Section 2

South African captain Kepler Wessels leads out his team against West Indies in the inaugural Test between the two sides, Barbados, April 1992

Kenny Benjamin dismisses South Africa’s top scorer Andrew Hudson for 163, Barbados, April 1992

V. V. S. Laxman and Rahul Dravid leave the field having batted all day for India against Australia in the Second Test at Eden Gardens, March 2001

Harbhajan Singh dismisses Shane Warne to claim a hat-trick in Australia’s first innings of the Second Test at Eden Gardens, March 2001

Andrew Flintoff consoles Brett Lee after England had beaten Australia by two runs in the Second Test at Edgbaston, August 2005

Australia’s Glenn McGrath is injured during the warm-up before the start of play at Edgbaston, August 2005

Donald Bradman batting for Australia against England in the First Test at Trent Bridge, June 1948

Harold Larwood, who played only twenty-one Tests for England, and none after the Bodyline tour of 1932–3

Donald Bradman’s last Test innings at the Oval, August 1948

Trevor Bailey batting for England against Australia during the Fifth Test at the Oval, August 1953

Fred Trueman taking his 300th Test wicket during the Fifth Test against Australia at the Oval, August 1964

Australian captain Richie Benaud bowling during the First Test against England, Brisbane, December 1958

Tony Greig bowling for England against India during the Second Test at Lord’s, June 1974

David Steele batting for Northamptonshire, May 1975

Andy Roberts bowling for West Indies during the Second Test against Australia, Perth, December 1975

Ray Illingworth, captain of Leicestershire and previously of England, at the start of the 1974 season

Geoff Boycott scoring his 100th first-class century during the Fourth Test against Australia, Headingley, August 1977

Section 3

Shane Warne bowling England captain Mike Gatting with his first ball in an Ashes Test at Old Trafford, June 1993

Sachin Tendulkar receiving his award for a Test Match Special ‘champagne moment’ from the author during the Second Test at Lord’s, June 1996

Muttiah Muralitharan bowling for Sri Lanka against England during the Second Test in Kandy, December 2003

Graeme Swann bowling for England against Sri Lanka during the Second Test at Lord’s, June 2011

England captain Douglas Jardine at the crease wearing his trademark Harlequin cap

Wally Hammond of Gloucestershire and England

A poster advertising Len Hutton’s benefit match at Scarborough, July 1950

Ted Dexter walking out to bat for Cambridge University, 1958

West Indian cricketers Kenneth Rickards, Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott, Roy Marshall and Everton Weekes at St Pancras station en route to Australia, September 1951

West Indies fast bowler Charlie Griffith bowling for Burnley in the Lancashire League, August 1964

A game in progress at Belvoir Cricket Club in the evening sunshine

One of many games of cricket played on the vast expanse of open land at the Oval Maidan in Mumbai

Sir Neville Cardus making a typically flamboyant speech

John Arlott bringing his broadcasting career to a close during the Centenary Test between England and Australia at Lord’s in 1980

The late Christopher Martin-Jenkins at home in 2008