Lawrence Rowe

For a brief period in the 1970s, Lawrence Rowe was regarded as the most accomplished batsman in the Caribbeans since Gary Sobers.

Viv Richards has revealed that former South African President Nelson Mandela had thanked him for not going to the country as part of the infamous West Indies rebel tours between 1982 and 1984.

With a "bit of luck" playing a role in Marnus Labuschagne achieving a rare feat, the Australia batter has become just the eighth player to score a century and a double century in the same Test match.

New Zealand's Devon Conway became just the seventh batsman in Test cricket's 144-year history to make a double century on debut with a score of exactly 200 against England at Lord's on Thursday. The South Africa-born opener's marathon effort of more than nine-and-a-half hours was the cornerstone of New Zealand's first-innings total of 378.

I write this before the start of the fourth day’s play in the Barbados Test. India are in grave danger of defeat, but cannot be written off completely. Cricket is a funny game. Remember Kolkata circa 2001, and the Very Very Special innings played by Laxman?