Clarrie Grimmett

India's young wristspinners are reminiscent of the Aussie duo of Bill O' Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett. Will they enjoy success in Australia, like they did in South Africa?

Sachin Tendulkar was never dismissed or left unbeaten on which number?

By learning how to subtly change the pace of his deliveries

R Ashwin has taken fewer deliveries than any other spinner to take 200 Test wickets. That and more numbers on his landmark

Stats highlights from the Nagpur Test where India handed South Africa their first away-series defeat in nine years

Clarrie Grimmett knew a thing or two about bowling

Clarrie Grimmett, Arthur Mailey and Jack Russell were as evocative on canvas as they were skilled on the field

Bill O'Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett were the greatest spin-bowling partnership of their age, and arguably the best in Test history

A few errors aside, a tasty biography of the legspinner who discovered the flipper - and the cost of irking The Don

Why legspinners are more proficient when they're older and wiser

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket:

Shane Warne is expected to confirm a four-year footwear sponsorship deal that hints at him avoiding retirement until after the 2009 Ashes

A special Christmas version of our regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket

Personal recollections of Bill O'Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett

A match report from the 5th Test at The Oval in 1926 as England won the Ashes

Alan Townsend relives with Stephen Chalke his 130-mile round trip by bike as a 12-year-old to see the Headingley Test of 1934

Kenneth Gregory conjures up the 1934 Ashes, its legspinners and massive stands. Sounds familiar?

Chris Cairns's return to the bowling crease for his English county Nottinghamshire in their most recent game, against Kent at Maidstone, saw him join a select band of New Zealand cricketers