Colin Cowdrey

Here we look at 11 occasions when injury ravaged cricket teams

The story of when 41-year-old Colin Cowdrey was summoned from his armchair, flown round the world, and thrown in at the deep end against the fastest bowlers in the world

Cricinfo looks back at large totals that didn't prevent a time ending up on the wrong side of the result

Dennis Lillee believes England's fast bowlers will be licking their lips at the prospect of rattling an ageing Australian top order

Martin Williamson takes a look at the stories behind the record stands for each wicket in Test cricket ... all XI of them

Fifty years ago Len Hutton's team left England for an Ashes tour that has passed into legend

Justin Langer's 100th Test this week lasted precisely one ball, after he was felled by the opening delivery of Australia's innings at Johannesburg. And recently Rahul Dravid pooped his own centenary party, by inserting England at Mumbai and presiding over

Poor Fred Goodall - they had to pick him up off the floor in the Wellington Public Library the other day

This is the text of the Colin Cowdrey lecture delivered by Sunil Gavaskar at the MCC recently

1998 Mike Atherton v Allan Donald

1968 An Edgbaston fairytale

The great extent of Colin Cowdrey's achievements - both as a player and an administrator - are movingly portrayed in the video "Michael Colin Cowdrey - A Life" produced by Sharp Focus

The cricket world paid a final tribute to one of its finest sons yesterday, as Lord Cowdrey was remembered in a memorial service at Westminster Abbey

One of the greatest acts of cricketing courage I have seen was that of a 41 year-old man, summoned from England in the middle of winter to bolster an injury-ridden Test squad in Australia, taking strike at the WACA against the two fastest bowlers in

Colin Cowdrey, who passed away in London on Tuesday, was one of the best loved cricketers

The ICC has paid tribute to Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge, who died earlier today

Tributes have been pouring in for Lord Cowdrey, following his death in the early hours of Tuesday morning

Scoring a century has always been a great achievement in Test cricket