FAREWELL TO THE DON, BOWLED BY THE BALL OF OVAL’S CENTURY

Peter Hayter reveals there is only one choice when looking for the most famous delivery bowled in an Oval Test match

Peter Hayter

In the 100 Test matches since the first was played there 137 summers ago, the Oval has been the backdrop for images that never fade and memories that never die. But of all of those moments which have made this ground the
pumping heart of England’s cricket history, from the very first Ashes Test to be played on these shores in September 1880, when WG Grace made 152 on debut alongside his brothers EM and GF, and Lord Harris’ side won...

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