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Brendon McCullum: An enviable combination of bravado and goodwill – Almanack

"We probably won some fans around the world because of the way we carried ourselves"

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Bob Barber: Warwickshire's supreme individualist - Almanack

<p class="intro-p">Bob Barber had to switch counties to realise his potential, but after a productive summer for Warwickshire in 1966…

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Ian Chappell: The players' player who turned Australia into legitimate winners – Almanack

"Nothing is a shade of grey to Chappell"

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The summer Adam Lyth came of age as an opener – Almanack

"The crispness and ambition of his strokeplay made him an exciting prospect"

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Bishan Singh Bedi: 'The most beautiful of slow bowlers' – Mike Brearley, Almanack

"A few easy rhythmic steps, perfectly balanced, he moved smoothly into the delivery stride"

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Mohinder Amarnath: India's courageous phenom who starred in the shock of 83 – Almanack

"Few batsmen can claim to have withstood the four-man West Indian pace attack"

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The summer a young Martin Crowe made an indelible impact at Somerset – Almanack

“I probably learned more in six months than in six years before”

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Tiger Pataudi: Extraordinary resolve, princely demeanour, India's great captain – Almanack

“He was the first captain to give us a feeling of Indian-ness”

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Richard Ellison: England's unlikely Ashes hero – Almanack

Ellison took 17 wickets from two Tests during the 1985 Ashes

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The summer Curtly Ambrose haunted England batsmen – Almanack

"He single-handedly almost stilled the nascent Test career of Graeme Hick"