Nimish Dubey

“What’s he appealing for?”
“I dunno, but the ump seems to agree with him…”

A seemingly disinterested Cowdrey at slip and ‘keeper Parks look on as, Brian Statham’s polite inquiry against Tiger Lance gets him his 250th Test wicket at The Oval in 1965. He got 5-40

A gentle man.

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Cutest cricket image ever?

As policemen try to hold back spectators after India's historic win against England at The Oval in 1971, a youngster carrying a magazine (perhaps for an autograph) tries to squeeze his way between the legs of the law.

So hope he succeeded.

Eyes on the ball.
One foot off the ground.
Farkh Engineer watches a young West Indian batsman put one away in the Gillette Cup final between Lancashire and mIddlesex at Lord's in 1975.
So how many recognised, Hilary Angelo 'Larry' Gomes?

"Is that you under the sweaters, David?"
"Who did you think it was, David!?"

David Gower and umpire David Constant share a laugh as they dash off the pitch following a sudden downpour at Trent Bridge in 1986. Grinning broadly in the backdrop is New Zealand allrounder Evan Gray

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"Just when we moved a player from gully..."
Allan Border looks on in irritated admiration as an impeccably balanced Sunil Gavaskar immaculately turns one to off during the 1985-86 WSC.
Two of the best batsmen I have ever seen in one magical frame.
Image from @sportstarweb on X.

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You never know with the Don!

In 1930.
If you were a cricketer, you walked to the ground.
Carrying your own kit
All dressed prim and proper.
No matter who you were, how many runs you had scored or wickets you had taken.
No matter even if you were called

Donald George Bradman.

The Don goes to the Oval.

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"So that is how it is done..."

The most appropriate picture to post on the day when Chappelli called it quits from writing cricket. Ian Chappell watches Richie Benaud write in the Channel 9 studio in 1991. To think once cricket had players and commentators like these.

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John to Geoff,
Quick as lightning,
Cool as Snow.

John Snow, hair flying, lets loose a sharp one, and an immaculate-as-ever Geoffrey Boycott is perfectly poised to receive even as Mike Denness watches. England vs The Rest, New Road, 1974.
Epic snap by Patrick Eagar (who else?)

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There are some who believe that only modern pace bowlers sent stumps flying.
There are those who have actually followed cricket.
And seen the likes of John Snow.
Bails and a stump go flying, as Rodney Marsh is cleaned up John Snow at Leeds, 1975. Knott is suitably impressed.

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"They told me you couldn't bat..."
"They told you wrong, lad. They told you wrong..."

A surprised Kim Hughes takes evasive action at silly point as Mike Brearley drives during the 1981 Ashes.

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"So, who's getting the cheque then?"
Ian Botham chats with Mike Gatting, while Mike Brearley and Peter Willey (with Bob Taylor and Graham Dilley behind them) wait for the presentation, with the media after the Miracle at Headingley, 1981.
That's how media and players used to be. #Cricket

"What about a single to third man, Beefy?"
"What about a six to the third row, Lubo?"

Ian Botham and David Gower in an intense exchange during the World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1983. Our David did not feel it was cold enough to warrant a sweater...

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"All right, let's all think..."

Skipper Graham Gooch looks ahead, debutant Jack Russell bends, and Allan Lamb squats and John Emburey gets all Rodin, as England play Sri Lanka at Lord's in 1988.

(It was Jack Russel's Test debut and he got a lovely 90-odd!)

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"Fast bowlers' club? What fast bowlers' club?!!"

Both teams agreed not to 'bounce' certain tail-enders, but Rodney Hogg was never one to pay much attention to that, as Bob Willis painfully finds out at Melbourne, 1978. Miller, Maclean, Hughes, Border and Yallop look on.

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"Take a good look at this arse of mine, Rod. You will see plenty of it this summer."
-David Steele to Rod Marsh, after being teased about his glasses and prematurely silver hair.
The Bank Clerk then went to War, against Lillee and Co, making the summer of 1976 a Steele-y one.
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What do you do when you play your last match, after having played more matches than anyone else?
You go out and save your team one last time.
And then stand with your successors at the end of it all, sipping a Coke and wondering what the fuss is about.
Our AB. Durban, 1994.
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Do teams even play ODIs anymore? There’s World Cup years, and then there’s the rest. Even with a Champions Trophy coming up, no one seems keen to play 50 overs.

✍️There’s World Cup years, and then there’s the rest. Even with a Champions Trophy coming up, no one seems keen to play 50 overs.

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When I went to meet him, he actually got up and offered his seat to me mum!!

Oh we totally adored him too. Magnificent cricketer and so charming too.

"Howzaaaaat!!"
"Ere, what's Deadly and Knotty appealing for, Keith?"
"Am sure I don't know, skip..."
Derek Underwood and Alan Knott appeal for lbw against Keith Stackpole, while Ray Illingworth and Keith Fletcher wonder what the fuss is about, and Peter Parfitt seems confused.

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"Howzat!"
"Not a chance, lad!"
Hampshire 'keeper Bob Stephenson redefines optimism by appealing for a run out against Kent's diving Asif Iqbal, as spectators seated on deckchairs and even on the ground watch at Southampton in 1973.
Of course, Asif was in.
Of course he smiled!

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We have a bunch of idiot commentators (I am sorry but no other word comes to mind) braying about how being part of winning teams is all that matters. It doesn’t. In any team sport, you cannot control how much your teammates perform. Vinoo Mankad and Brian Lara are not failures!

Ponting’s remark about Kallis is a reflection of the new generation of commentators - everything from bowling to batting, gets melted down to figures. Mind you, Kallis was phenomenal, but to say he is unquestionably the greatest cricketer of all time is daft.

"Blood, toil, tears and sweat on the football field too, eh, Denis?"
Sir Winston Churchill shakes hands with Denis Compton who, this time is turning out for England in football, in a wartime international against Scotland in 1941. He was bloody good with a football too!
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Likely to be the infamous Grovel series. No idea about the photographer. Trying to find out.

Why does this lad keep giving the black power salute?