The Ashes is among the oldest and the most traditional rivalries in world cricket, but if there is something that truly added fuel to the fire, it would be the 'Bodyline' bowling by the England team ...

Karachi: Former Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has called for ‘Bodyline’ bowling to return to Test cricket and asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to remove restrictions on the number of ...

Australia wanted "bodyline" bowling made illegal and Jardine and preferably Larwood removed from future England sides. Of course, there was no chance the Marylebone Cricket Club would agree to that.

MELBOURNE, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Umpires should invoke cricket's laws and protect England's tailenders from Australia's relentless "bodyline" bowling in the ongoing Ashes series, former England captain ...

It was 70 years ago this year that the traditional cricketing rivalry between England and Australia took on a more sinister dimension. A rift was opened between the two countries, and the Empire ...

In the conversation about the dangers of global sport, cricket is not the first (or even the fifth) one that springs to mind. Popularly known as “the gentleman’s game,” it generally doesn’t receive ...

LOOKING at a picture of Donald Bradman in his heyday, perhaps the first thing you notice is that he is not wearing the armour that makes cricketers these days resemble Hannibal Lecter. Cricket seemed ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Umpires should invoke cricket's laws and protect England's tailenders from Australia's relentless "bodyline" bowling in the ongoing Ashes series, former England captain Michael ...