Jeff Thomson

Even when he wasn't at his peak, Thommo made you wish you were at the other end of the pitch

They couldn't match fire with fire in Brisbane, or spin with spin. And they had no answers for the Steven Smith question

The Chappell brothers, Viv Richards, Dennis Lillee and others tell you, in this extract from a new book

With lively pace, pinpoint yorkers and an appetite to learn, Basil Thampi has already caught many eyes in his young professional career

Pakistan were close to winning their first Test down under, but Tangles and Book Book had other ideas

What we needed from the Phillip Hughes inquest was a serious discussion on how to make our game, where 90mph bowlers are now the norm, safer

In 1975-76 against West Indies, Jeff Thomson was struggling to live up to his fearsome reputation. But on Boxing Day he let rip

At 41, Cowdrey gamely took on Lillee and Thomson, because how could he not?

Edward Craig reveals the players who weren't so quick off the blocks

Jeff Thomson and Wally Grout will become the newest inductees into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the Allan Border Medal night in Melbourne on Wednesday

It varies from spell to spell, and it also has to do with the perception of the men facing

Though the game has had many quality fast bowlers, none have been quite as lethal as Jeff Thomson and Frank Tyson

Four fast bowlers, one spinner; two deadly yorkers, a bullet, an arm ball, and magic from Waz

The day Sri Lanka were bruised and broken by the Aussie tearaway in a World Cup game

England arrived in Australia full of hope... and left routed, battered and bewildered

After the emotion of Sachin Tendulkar's last Test, a look at some farewells that didn't go quite so well

Australia are a side who refuse to accept the logic of defeat. They sculpt classic Tests out of cussedness; and if they lose the majority, at least they got so close

The inevitable fallout from the Warner-Root altercation wouldn't have gained much credence some decades ago when cricket was rife with strong personalities and minimal supervision. The Old Batsman shares an anecdote that punctuates this line of thinking

One December afternoon in 1982, Allan Border found an ally in the form of No. 11 Jeff Thomson and they almost pulled off the greatest last-wicket chase in history