Matches (11)

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ENG v PAK (W) (1)

SL vs AFG [A-Team] (1)

County DIV1 (4)

County DIV2 (2)

Live • 60th Match • IPL • T20 • Eden Gardens

KKR

(16/16 ov) 157/7

MI

(7.5/16 ov, T:158) 67/2

MI need 91 runs in 49 balls.

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RESULT • 1st T20I • Birmingham

ENG-W

PAK-W

(18.2/20 ov, T:164) 110

ENG Women won by 53 runs

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Brian Close

England

Brian Close

INTL CAREER: 1949 - 1976

How many batters have made three or more hundreds in their first six Test innings?

How many batters have made three or more hundreds in their first six Test innings?

And what has been the lowest match aggregate by a player while still top scoring for his team in a Test?

20-Dec-2022•Steven Lynch

Was Scott Boland's 18 wickets at an average of under ten a record for the Ashes?

Was Scott Boland's 18 wickets at an average of under ten a record for the Ashes?

And who holds the record for the most consecutive Tests at the end of which his average has gone up?

18-Jan-2022•Steven Lynch

What's the longest gap between a player's Test and ODI debut?

What's the longest gap between a player's Test and ODI debut?

Also: what's the most common fielder/bowler dismissal in ODIs?

13-Nov-2018•Steven Lynch

Four six-fors in a Test, and the highest last-wicket stand in ODIs

Four six-fors in a Test, and the highest last-wicket stand in ODIs

Also: who missed the largest number of Tests over the course of a career?

14-Mar-2017•Steven Lynch

'I've never been so embarrassed as on my Test debut'

'I've never been so embarrassed as on my Test debut'

John Hampshire talks about nicking his way to a hundred, and his years with Yorkshire - Closey, Illy, Freddie, Boycs and the rest

07-Jan-2017•Interview by Scott Oliver

The shades of 1976

The shades of 1976

Forty years later we can understand that famous English summer in a more nuanced way

01-Aug-2016•Sankaran Krishna

Facing Holding with a little thin towel

Facing Holding with a little thin towel

Brian Close and John Edrich won plenty of admirers - and took as many hits - on a brutal evening in Manchester in 1976

19-Sep-2015•Martin Williamson

Bruiser

Bruiser

Brian Close was not afraid of the cricket ball

18-Sep-2015•Nishi Narayanan

The simplest, yet greatest, catch

The simplest, yet greatest, catch

Mike Selvey, writing in The Guardian, recalls Brian Close's act of courage against Gary Sobers at The Oval, where he refused to flinch at the prospect of a full-blooded hook headed his way at short leg

17-Sep-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Close to steel

Brian Close was a player whose physical bravery was second to none

16-Sep-2015•Bill Ricquier

'A rare individual who'd put pain aside'

'A rare individual who'd put pain aside'

Brian Close had the magical ability to defray pain as if it wasn't there

15-Sep-2015•Geoffrey Boycott

Close's toughness 'legendary' - Holding

Michael Holding has described Brian Close, who died on Sunday, as one of the "toughest people in the game"

15-Sep-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

'I have no idea where the courage came from'

'I have no idea where the courage came from'

In unpublished interviews conducted before his death, Brian Close remembered the blows he took from the cricket ball, and captaining Trueman, Boycott, Viv and Botham

15-Sep-2015•Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

The embodiment of a Yorkshireman

The embodiment of a Yorkshireman

Brian Close was courageous, of course, but also outspoken, indestructible, and bloody-minded

14-Sep-2015•David Hopps

'Bravest short leg ever'

'Bravest short leg ever'

A round-up of the tributes for former England captain Brian Close, who died aged 84

14-Sep-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cricket's tough guy

Cricket's tough guy

Brian Close was one of the most courageous cricketers ever to take to the field, but he was so much more than that and not only in Yorkshire will his immense qualities be revered

14-Sep-2015•Derek Hodgson

Former England captain Close dies aged 84

Brian Close, the former captain of England, Yorkshire and Somerset and one of cricket's most admired characters, has died at the age of 84

14-Sep-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Close, Chappell and acts of courage

Some small deeds in the game's vast history endure, when others that dwarf them by numbers fade from view

11-Dec-2013•Jon Hotten

Pondering Camus

Pondering Camus

The complex relationship between sport and morality

26-Aug-2013•Jonathan Wilson

Benaud's Manchester miracle

Benaud's Manchester miracle

England needed 256 in 230 minutes at Old Trafford. Ted Dexter blazed 76 but a wily Australian captain had the final say

01-Aug-2013•Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi

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