Bodyline, the ruthless and aggressive bowling tactic England used to beat the Australians on the tour of 1932-33, remains cricket’s darkest hour. It soured diplomatic and economic relations between ...

Australia’s star wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield was left with a fractured skull by English fast-bowler Harold Larwood in the hostile 1932-33 bodyline Test. Furious boos and hooting jeered the English team ...

As the cricketing world prepares for The Ashes series between England and Australia, two of the sport's oldest rivals, it is time to revisit one of the darkest, unsportsmanlike and important periods ...

Victory came after one of the most bitter encounters in sporting history and even threatened diplomatic relations. "Cricket enthusiasts were shaken by what was going on out on the field of play and ...

England's 1932-33 Ashes tour of Australia, known as the 'Bodyline' series, began dramatically with Harold Larwood's aggressive bowling targeting Aussie batters. Australia still scored 360, led by Stan ...

The infamous bodyline Ashes Test series between England and Australia in 1932-33 season is considered to be one of the most controversial Test series’ in the history of cricket. The series took the ...

It was perhaps the most sickening moment of a despised Test series. Batting at the Adelaide Oval, the small and wiry veteran wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield edged a ferocious delivery from English paceman ...

MOST people think that the dreaded short-pitched leg-side delivery was first used in the infamous Bodyline Test series of 1932-33. But the tactic was around long before Douglas Jardine. An inquest ...

Few sporting events have caused such an international storm as the 1932-33 Ashes series which, at its nadir, not only threatened the tour itself but also political relations between the United Kingdom ...

Australia’s star wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield was left with a fractured skull by English fast-bowler Harold Larwood in the hostile 1932-33 bodyline Test. “Oldfield hit Larwood for four, and the bowler ...

Young folk may challenge the claim, but the 1932-33 series between Australia and England remains the most sensational Test series of them all. People were more easily shocked in those days. Cricket ...