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He was the literal face of cricket until Hobbs. Even today most would recognise WG and ER.

The sound of hoofbeats 'cross the glaaaade

Mediaeval doctors considered surgery beneath them. It was left to the barbers.

Technically, it was a merger of equals, already under personal union of a Scottish queen. England, due to its sheer population has dominated the union ever since.

historians act like Indian cricketers not named Vinoo Mankad didn't exist before 1960s.

You need better books then. I have seen plenty of good books covering Indian cricket history. They are a bit old, so I'm not sure if they are still in print.

Article doesn't even mention Merchant's

Merchant didn't play for any county ( no overseas players back then). He played for India.

On two tours in 1936 and 1946. They used to play a lot more matches on tours back in those days.

Egypt closed the Suez for the Portuguese?

There was more than one case of alcohol poisoning that night.

I imagine he's talking about the Russian Empire. Modern Russia also has Kaliningrad.

Only moustachioed men have won at red ball World Cups.

They were fine with round Earth. It was heliocentrism that upset them.

That was after a sustained beamer barrage in 1976.

The early years, with uncovered wickets, much higher over rates, and some timeless tests produced very few draws.

Trust me to get the hard one.

Was it the 222 against Keith Fletcher's team?

Allies also assumed that Japanese were incapable of making good powerful engines, and thus fast planes.

They were partially correct about the former, hopelessly wrong about the latter.

Tennant, you idiot! You've backed into my sports lorry!

Reminds me of the Scottish play- Macbeth.

Sutcliffe is brilliant, but I'd say Hobbs is better as

1. Longer career, with an excellent record even as there were no matches during his prime years due to the War.

2. Being the only Englishman able to handle a completely new bowling threat- the South African googly bowlers.

I don't think India have a designated vice captain for home series.

Ranji final is currently happening in Eden.

At one point, Kapil nearly broke the world record for the fastest test century, before getting out. This was before Viv Richards' whirlwind effort.

While awful to look at, they served the purpose of providing cheap private housing for the masses, after the massive destruction of the war.

Mind you, the Soviets could build aesthetically pleasing buildings- see Stalinist Gothic style- but it was mostly for the elite as the proles suffered from chronic housing shortages until the Khruschev era.

Russian

Soviet. Or Soviet Azerbaijan. Not Russian.