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Clive Lloyd lifts the World Cup for West Indies in 1975 .......... 8 Kerry Packer and Tony Greig outside the High Court, 1977 ........ 22 Mike Brearley and Greg Chappell, rival captains in 1979–80 . . . . . . . .43 Imran Khan and Sunil Gavaskar,unlikely batting par tners, 1987 . . . . . . 71 The drinks interval gets a mar keting makeover, World Cup 1996 . . . . . 89 MCC and women: Wisden Cricket Monthly’s cover,October 1998 ..... 96 The ICC leave Lord’s, 2005. ........................ 115 A Hawk-Eye view of cricket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Michael Holding kicks down the stumps in New Zealand, 1980 . . . . . .145 Dennis Lillee and Javed Miandad almost come to blows, 1981 . . . . . . .149 Shakoor Rana and Mike Gatting get their points across, 1987 . . . . . . . . .156 Hansie Cronje gives evidence in his match-fixing enquiry, 2000 . . . . . . .177 England leave Guyana in 1981 after Robin Jackman is refused entry . . . . 196 Dennis Amiss wears a protot ype batting helmet, 1978 . . . . . . . . . . .214 Ian Botham hits out at Headingley, 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230 Mike Atherton and Jack Russell at Johannesburg, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . .274 Nasser Hussain and the Wisden Trophy, The Oval, 2000 . . . . . . . . . .296 Andrew Flintoff consoles Brett Lee,Edgbast on, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . .325 Derek Randall during the Cent enary Test at Melbourne, 1977 . . . . . . .335 Ball of the Centur y: Shane Warnebowls Mike Gatting, 1993 . . . . . . . .355 Matthew Hayden breaks the Test record with 380,Perth, 2003 . . . . . . .380 West Indies score 418 to beat Australia at Antigua, 2003 . . . . . . . . . .420 Kapil Dev’s fourth suc cessive six,Lord’s, 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438 Anil Kumble,who took ten wickets in a Test match innings in 1999 . . . 447 V. V. S.Laxman and Rah ul Dravid at Kolkata, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . .452 South Africa return to international cricket, 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .476 Richard Hadlee, New Zealand’s dominant player, in 1983 . . . . . . . . . .515 Pakistan’s pace pair:Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, 1992 . . . . . . . .547 Muttiah Muralitharan bowls John Crawley at The Oval, 1998 . . . . . . .594 Andy Flower, Zimbabwe’s leading batsman,in 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . .612 Bangladesh celebrate their first Test victory, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645 David Gower, Allan Border and Desmond Haynes at Lord’s, 1987 . . . . .669 Graham Gooch on his way to 333 against India at Lord’s, 1990 . . . . . .675 Sachin Tendulkar square-drives, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .697 Michael Vaughan pictured on the cover of Wisden 2003 . . . . . . . . . .705 Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh at The Oval, 2000 . . . . . . . . . .718 Glenn McGrath catches Michael Vaughan at Adelaide, 2002 . . . . . . . .727 Shane Warne,the greatest leg-spinner, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .736 Andrew Flintoff appeals during the 2005 Ashes series . . . . . . . . . . .757 Adam Gilchrist reaches another hundred in unorthodox style, 2001 . . . . 770 Steve Waugh reaches his century at The Oval, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . .780

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