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Alec Bedser

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INTL CAREER: 1946 - 1955
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Which IPL centurion has never played international cricket?

Which IPL centurion has never played international cricket?

Also, how many batsmen have scored 99 in an IPL match?

16-Apr-2019•Steven Lynch
The slowpokes who became superstars

The slowpokes who became superstars

Six cricketers whose careers went from morose or middling to magnificent

14-Mar-2018•Andy Zaltzman
The roles they played

The roles they played

Playwright Terence Rattigan's 1953 film The Final Test featured six England Test cricketers

02-Jun-2016
'It was just one of those days'

'It was just one of those days'

In the Test Trial of 1950 Jim Laker, who had been rejected by Yorkshire, returned to his home of Bradford and took the remarkable figures of 8 for 2

17-May-2016•Martin Williamson
Eight new balls, Boycs' go-extra-slow, Gower's stand-in bat

Eight new balls, Boycs' go-extra-slow, Gower's stand-in bat

Plus debutant brothers, a man who paid for the honour of captaining England, champagne to celebrate a first wicket, and more fun Ashes facts

23-Jun-2015•Rob Smyth
When Bedser bowled the Don for a duck

When Bedser bowled the Don for a duck

After receiving a pasting at the hands of the Australians during the first post-war Ashes tour, Bedser decided he had to think up a new delivery: the legcutter

01-Sep-2014•Ashley Mallett
Same Ashes, but an altogether different world

Same Ashes, but an altogether different world

England regained the Ashes at The Oval in 1953 and 2005. But the experience of Test cricket could not have changed more in in the 52 years between the two matches

17-Aug-2013•Martin Williamson
How the bowlers started and finished

How the bowlers started and finished

An analysis of how well or poorly the leading Test bowlers started and finished their illustrious careers

01-Jun-2013•Anantha Narayanan
A giant of his generation

A giant of his generation

Alec Bedser was an impressive figure of a man, and his feats with the ball were befittingly large

05-Apr-2010•David Frith
'The typical English professional cricketer'

'The typical English professional cricketer'

Micky Stewart, the former Surrey captain, has described Alec Bedser, who died on Sunday evening at the age of 91, as the "typical traditional English professional cricketer"

05-Apr-2010•Cricinfo staff
Sir Alec Bedser dies aged 91

Sir Alec Bedser dies aged 91

Sir Alec Bedser, the Surrey and England fast bowler who Don Bradman said "worried me more than any other Englishman," died on Sunday evening at the age of 91

04-Apr-2010•Cricinfo staff
Dolly mixture

Dolly mixture

Forty summers ago a Cape Coloured South African playing for England unwittingly threw MCC into crisis over a tour to the apartheid republic

12-Sep-2008•Rob Steen
From Surrey pro to knight of the realm

From Surrey pro to knight of the realm

The eventful life and times of an England stalwart

04-Jul-2008•Martin Williamson
The endurance of the 'Big Fella'

The endurance of the 'Big Fella'

He was England's inexhaustible colossus in the lean post-war years - both wicket-taker and stock bowler. A salute to Alec Bedser on his 90th birthday

04-Jul-2008•Alan Hill
'Pace isn't everything'

'Pace isn't everything'

It's not about how fast you are, it's where you land it. The man who led England's bowling for nearly a decade after World War Two looks back

23-Apr-2008•Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi
Snow and Sunny's argy bargy

Snow and Sunny's argy bargy

Cricket history is littered with no-nonsense characters, and two of the most single-minded ones came into contact when England met India at Lord's in 1971

11-Aug-2007•Martin Williamson
Taking centre stage at Kennington

Taking centre stage at Kennington

England and India have played nine Tests at The Oval over the years and Cricinfo looks back at the memorable performances

08-Aug-2007•George Binoy
Tale of the tail

Tale of the tail

Chandu Sarwate and Shute Banerjee's record-breaking last-wicket stand at The Oval in 1946

04-Aug-2007•Martin Williamson
Alec Bedser knighted

Alec Bedser knighted

Alec Bedser has been knighted in the New Year's Honour List

15-Jun-2007•Christopher Martin-Jenkins
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