Photos of Cricket….A Collection to Recollect Yesteryears’ Iconic Moments….

The moment when India won its first World Cup in 1983.

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After Jimmy Amarnath took the last West Indian wicket of Micheal Holding, the crowd rushed in

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. A tea break at Headingley in 1938. If this doesn’t prove that it’s an English game, what will?

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David Shepherd’s famous hop, skip and jump…Whenever the score reached 111 or its multiples, David Shepherd performed his famous hop, skip and jump routine.

Trevor Chappell’s underarm ball when New Zealand needed 6 off the last ball.

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The Australian bowler was instructed by his captain and brother Greg Chappell to deliver an underarm ball to Brian McKechnie as the Kiwis needed 6 runs off 1 ball at the MCG in 1981

Sir Donald Bradman gets out for a duck in his final innings, failing to reach an average of 100.

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Don Bradman needed just 4 runs in his last match to reach an average of hundred but got out for a duck and retired with an average of 99.94.

Dennis Lillee had 9 slips deployed vs New Zealand in 1977.

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 Jonty ‘Superman’ Rhodes dives to dislodge the stumps and run out Inzamam in the 1992 World Cup.

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Malcolm Marshall batting at No. 11 with a fractured hand.

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Marshall came out with a broken hand to help fellow teammate Larry Gomes who was at 96. Gomes completed his century and Marshall managed a boundary. He also took 7 wickets for 53 runs.

Freddie Flintoff shows the spirit of the game as he consoles Brett Lee after England won by 2 runs.

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Tony Grieg cradles Gundappa Vishwanath like a baby after Vishwanath scored a century.

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One of the best Indian fielders in history, Eknath Solkar takes an amazing catch to dismiss Alan Knott at The Oval in 1971.

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Two legends of the game separated only by time.

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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in front of Sir Donald Bradman’s statue.

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Natarajan