My cricketing A-Z isn’t about detailing the basics – that path is well-trodden. It’s written for things I love in cricket - those that have made an impact on me, that draw me to the game. They may not be played in the “V” but they are a part of what makes cricket sing for me.
- Agricultural
- Allrounders
- Ambrose, Curtly
- Apartheid
- Arthurton, Keith
- Ashes
B is for...
Part 1: Bartlett to Blunt via The Basin
- Bartlett, Gary
- Basin Reserve
- Blackwash
- Blogs
- Blunt, Roger
- Bodyline
- Books
- Bradman
- Brisbane, 1985
- Bunnies
Under construction:
The list below is a starting point, I’ll look to fill them out and write about each letter (and topic) over the coming months. The actual topics will undoubtedly change - some added, others removed. You’ll notice a strong New Zealand and West Indian bias – they shaped my love of the game. I’d love your thoughts on others – I’m not looking for the ordinary or the mundane, but your ideas may help develop a better list. Make a comment on any topics you think hold water – there’s too many for one old man…
C
- County Cricket
- Caps (numbers and hats)
- Club cricket
- Cricketers of the Year (Wisden)
- Cricket Max
- Calypso kings
- Cow corner
- Cowdrey lecture
- Century of centuries
- Crowe, Martin
D
- DRS
- Day-night cricket
- Doosra (and the other variations)
- Depression
- Ducks
- Donald, Allan
E
- Eden Park
- ESPNCricinfo
- Egg and bacon
- English cricket
- Excalibur
F
- Fire in Babylon era
- Fixing
- Five-for
- Fifteen degrees
- First class cricket
- Flat track bully
- Finding a bride
G
- Grace, W G
- Greig, Tony (and the grovel comments)
- Gilchrist, Adam
- Global village – cricket in any medium
- Gingers who’ve graced the whites
H
- Hawk eye and hotspot
- Hat tricks
- Helmets
- Hired guns - T20 mercenaries
- Hundreds
- Hooper, Carl
- Home and away – records with a difference
- Hughes, Merv
I
- IPL
- Ink
- ICC
J
- John Wisden (it should be Wisden, John but “J” is not that common in cricket)
- Joy
- Jones; Andrew (Jed)
K
- Kolpak
- Knights
- Keeper batsman (those with the gloves now need to hold a bat - gilchrist changed the game)
- KP saga – it’s bigger than the man
- Kenya; ICC Knockout Trophy 2000
L
- Lord's
- Lara, Brian Charles
- LBW
- Lefties
- Lillywhites
- Live streaming
- Lashings
- Laker, Jim
M
- Murali
- Modi, Lalit
- MCC
- Mankad
- Mercenaries
- Mongoose short blade bats (and other bat oddities)
- Mace
- Marshall, Malcolm
- Memorabilia
N
- New Zealand
- Night tests
- No balls
- Numbers
- Nelson
O
- ODIs
- Over (8 balls became 6)
- Obstructing the field
- One thousand runs before the end of May
- Olympics
P
- Packer, Kerry
- Pakistan – a generation of cricketers who will never play an international at home
- Pavilion
- Pink balls
- Player microphones
- Pukekura Park, New Plymouth
- Power plays
Q
- Queenstown Recreation Ground
- Qadir, Abdul
- Quicks
- Queues
R
- Review
- Records
- Richards, Viv
- Runners
- Rest days
- Richardson, Alan
- Richardson, Richie
- Raja, Wasim
- Richardson, Mark
S
- Statistics
- Switch hit
- Sirs - the cricketing Knights
- Social media
- Sledging
- Sutcliffe, Bert and Herbert
- Spirit of cricket
- Silver fern
- Super subs
T
- T20
- Test matches
- Taylor, Claire
- Twelfth man (Billy Birmingham)
- Third umpire
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Tied test
- Test championship
- Team unity
- Triple hundred (or nearly) – 299 for Crowe
U
- UDRS
- Umpires
- Underarm
- UAE
- Urn
- Unfulfilled potential
V
- (Playing in the) V
- Viv
- VVS Laxman
- Vitriol
W
- West Indies
- (The three) Ws
- Wisden
- WSC
- The Wall
- Warney
- World Cup 1992 in NZ
- Women in cricket
- White line fever
- Waddle, Bryan
X
- X-factor
- XI – memories of school boy cricket
Y
- Yellow book - cricket's bible
- Yuvraj
Z
- Zimbabwe
- Zaltzman, Andy
- Zulu
Thanks to those who had offered suggestions, especially @CaptMikeYates and @TheSwitch_Hit. Cheers, lads.
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