Peter May

The 1954-55 England Ashes players get their party hats on for a festive dinner in between some exhilarating victories

England went Down Under with great expectations in 1958, but things went downhill rapidly for them

After Darren Bravo's superb effort in Dunedin, a look at some other famous match-saving innings in Tests

England needed 256 in 230 minutes at Old Trafford. Ted Dexter blazed 76 but a wily Australian captain had the final say

India fought hard to save the Napier Test after following on. We look at 11 instances where teams managed to stage a comeback after conceding a massive first-innings lead

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

John Arlott floats his mind back to the exquisite (for England) Australian tour of 1954-55

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

At the start of the 1986 season David Gower was captain of England, but he was hanging on by his fingernails

Bits-and-pieces bowler Charles Palmer produced one of cricket's most remarkable spells - 14-12-7-8 - after coming on to allow a frontline bowler to change ends

England's Greatest Post-War XI is named with the publication of the October issue of The Wisden Cricketer magazine

1969 The day David slayed Goliath

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