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Massie's match: When a record-breaking debutant won Australia an Ashes Test

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How Graham McKenzie reached his peak during the mid Sixties – Almanack

"Even when his colleagues were tired he could summon fresh energy"

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Geoff Arnold: Surrey's dedicated match-winner – Almanack

With 83 wickets at 17.12, Arnold played a key role in Surrey's 1971 triumph

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Tony Lock: Much more than just Jim Laker's foil – Almanack

"Lock is the personification of that perpetual dynamic quality that keeps the game alive"

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Peter Richardson, the opener who helped England to Ashes glory – Almanack

"At Old Trafford he again touched greatness with his first Test century"

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The emergence of Alec Bedser, a Surrey and England great – Almanack

"He rarely sends down a loose ball"

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John Edrich: An opener by chance – Almanack

"Few opening batsmen hit the ball as hard as Edrich"

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How John Reid became New Zealand's first Test-winning captain – Almanack

"A natural forcing player, he constantly faced the job of trying to redeem lost causes"

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Clyde Walcott: An uncoached genius who became a true pillar of West Indies cricket – Almanack

One-third of the great 'W' triumvirate, Walcott was upright, commanding and peerless