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Abbas, Zaheer 110, 183, 268, 271
Acfield, David 265
Achrekar, Ramakant 138, 239
Adams, Chris 199
Agarkar, Ajit 33
Agnew, Jonathan 46, 147, 276
Ahmed, Maqsood 250
Ahmed, Mushtaq 61
Akram, Wasim 127, 143, 239, 274
Ali, Azhar 264
Allenby, Jim 27, 189
Ambrose, Curtly 24, 76, 265
Ames, Les 268
Amiss, Dennis 75, 178, 268
Amla, Hashim 200
Anderson, Corey 264
Anderson, James 243
Anthony, Hamish 262–3
Anyon, James 27
Arnot, Chris 140
Asif, Mohammad 33
Atapattu, Marvan 31, 34
Atherton, Mike 11–12, 140, 196
anger 125
Cambridge University CC 19, 37, 46, 108
daddy hundreds 244
ducks 31–2, 34, 164–5
importance of centuries 13
one-day cricket 203
opening 48, 49, 167, 170
run out on 99 at Lord’s 254–5
‘sledging’ 185
technique 64, 148, 153, 154–5
walking 84
Atkinson, Jonathan 108
Audi 33
Avery, ‘Sonny’ 14
Azharuddin, Mohammad 251
Aziz, Farooq 127
Bairstow, Jonny 170
Ballance, Gary 257
Bannerman, Charles 116
Barrington, Ken 70, 78, 93, 104, 111, 234
Barsby, Trevor ‘Tank’ 165
Barwick, Steve 24
Bawden, Mark 50, 53, 54–5
Beane, Billy 175
Beck, John 250
Bedi, Bishan 112
Bedser, Alec 120
Beecher, Henry Ward 116
Bell, Ian 125
fitness training 217, 228
pairs 73
Test centuries 11, 115, 178, 199, 251
Benjamin, Joey 108
Benjamin, Winston 171–2
Bennett, Wayne 56
Benson, Mark 69, 237
Berry, Scyld 135, 199
Bevan, Huw 213–14, 219, 228
Bevan, Michael 121, 122, 200, 249
Birchall, Tom 232
Birkenshaw, Jack 156
Bishop, Ian 74
Bishop, Justin 241
Bleep tests 212–13, 219
Boiling, James 257
Bond, Jackie 120
Boon, David 75–6
Bopara, Ravi 135, 269
Border, Allan 61, 89
Dean Jones 222, 223
ducks 26
technique 156, 254
Test records 266
Bosisto, Will 206
Boswell, Scott 54
Botham, Sir Ian 14, 97, 155, 194
Brian Lara 88
dismissals 128
fitness 211
Nasser Hussain 276
run-outs 111, 123
sports psychology 51, 54
Boucher, Mark 32, 77, 88
Bowden, Billy 74
bowling machines 39–40, 41
Boycott, Geoffrey 3, 12, 19, 21, 140
century records 6, 268, 271, 272
dismissals 110–12, 123
luck in cricket 75
nets practice 38
99 not out 250
opening 165
technique 130, 148, 155
Test centuries 115, 117
Uncle Algy 102–3, 111
Bracewell, John 108
Bradman, Sir Donald 29, 40, 49, 91, 115, 262
batting averages 176, 177, 183
century records 268
daddy hundreds 232, 234
452 not out 253
protective equipment 163
technique 136–7, 138, 139, 152, 157
Test centuries 247, 267
299 not out 251
Brain, Rob ‘Basher’ 5
Brearley, Mike 256
Briers, Nigel 46
Broad, Chris 121, 165, 178
Broad, Stuart 82–3, 213–14
Brown, Alistair 179, 199
Brown, Bill 164
Brown, Simon 72
Bryson, Rudi 37
Bunting, Rodney 108
Burgess, Graham 14, 134
pairs 25
technique 43, 69, 145, 158–9
Burns, Michael 73
Burns, Neil 41
Butcher, Alan 24, 164, 165
Butcher, Mark 32, 259
Buttler, Jos 10, 83
Byas, David 122
Caddick, Andy 81–2, 263, 266
Calder, Sherylle 64
Calthorpe, Freddie 233
Campbell, Alistair 258
Campbell, Ryan 38, 40, 160
Cann, Michael 36
Carberry, Michael 70, 135, 224–5, 227
Carlstein, Peter 16
Carrick, Phil 20–1
Chance to Shine 135
Chanderpaul, Shivnarine 8, 244, 266
Chappell, Greg 33, 65, 208–9, 264, 271
Chappell, Ian 111, 256, 264
Charters, Peter 134
Chavan, Laxman 238
Cherry, Dan 29, 147
Clarke, Michael 181, 273
Clay, Johnny 25
Clutterbuck, Bill 133
Collingwood, Paul 197, 198
Compton, Denis 268
Compton, Nick 41, 109, 166
Constantine, Sir Learie 94
conversion 174–87
Cook, Alastair 45
daddy hundreds 233, 242, 245
first century 18–19
fitness training 219–21, 226
luck in cricket 77, 79
one-day cricket 199, 204
opening 166
sports psychologists 53
superstitions 91
technique 141, 147, 155, 160–1
Test debut 223
2012/13 tour of India 69
Cook, Jimmy 253
Cook, Stephen 253
Cosker, Dean 29
Cottey, Tony 169, 216, 235, 262–3
Cowan, Ed 7
Cowdrey, Chris 106, 110, 237
Cowdrey, Colin 18, 19, 106, 118, 152, 215, 268
Crawford, Jack 117
Cricinfo 17, 117, 217–18, 268
Cricket Foundation 135
CricStat 131, 132
Croft, Robert 124–5, 197, 216
Crowe, Martin 55–6, 251–2
Crutchley, Gerald 260
Cullinan, Daryll 63
Cummins, Anderson 71
daddy hundreds 231–45
Dale, Adrian 114, 119, 139, 197, 272
daddy hundreds 236, 237
fitness training 216
partnerships 169, 170
preparation 60
Daniels, Simon 265
Davies, Emrys 230, 241
Dawkins, Richard 112
Dawson, Richard 266, 267
Denly, Joe 201
Dent, Chris 109–10
Dexter, Ted 118
Dharmasena, Kumar 236
Dhawan, Shikhar 201
Dhoni, M. S. 200, 247
diamond duck 28–9
Dillon, Merv 33
Dobson, James 97
Doeschate, Ryan ten 200
Donald, Allan 31, 32, 51, 77, 84, 119, 163, 171
Donelan, Brad 108
Douglas-Home, Sir Alec 215
Dravid, Rahul 118, 246, 247, 254, 266
ducks 23–34, 35
Duleepsinhji, Kumar Shri 241
East, Ray 265
Edrich, John 70, 102, 141, 157, 233, 268
Elgar, Dean 34
Elliott, Matthew 164, 251
Emburey, John 59, 114, 249
England and Wales Cricket Board 10
equipment 162–3
Ericsson, K. Anders 133
Fairbrother, Neil 202
Farrell, Jeremy 18–19, 219
Ferriday, Patrick 264
fielders 195–6
Fingleton, Jack 164
Finn, Steven 213–14
Fisher, Ian 252
fitness training 210–30
Fleming, Damien 142
Fleming, Stephen 85, 178, 247
Fletcher, Duncan 3, 124–5, 194
fitness training 216
opening 166–7
technique and preparation 37, 40–1, 131, 137, 141, 161
throwing 43–4
Fletcher, Keith 110
Fletcher, Michael 44
Flintoff, Andrew 54, 104, 136
Flower, Andy 15–17, 41, 150, 159, 168
appoints Nathan Leamon 174
century records 276
daddy hundreds 236
ducks 29–30
influence on England team 3
nervous nineties 247–8
one-day cricket 199–200, 201, 203–4
199 not out 251
practice 46–7
Flower, Grant 15, 41, 75
form 77–9
Foster, R. E. 233
Fowler, Graeme 32, 109
Fraser, Angus 126, 153
Fraser, Donna 227
Fredericks, Roy 89
Freeman, ‘Tich’ 117
Freitas, Phil de 249
Fry, C. B. 183, 235
Fulton, Peter 275
Gallian, Jason 107
Ganguly, Sourav 152
Garner, Joel 14
Gatland, Warren 51
Gatting, Mike 124, 145, 196, 254–5, 257
Gavaskar, Sunil 117–18, 239, 263
batting averages 177
century records 266, 268
1975 World Cup 115
technique 148
Gayle, Chris 192, 207, 209, 232
Gidman, Alex 179, 181–2
Gilchrist, Adam 28, 74, 85, 160–1, 192, 237, 266–7
Gillespie, Jason 248, 257
Gillette Cup 194
Gladwell, Malcolm 38, 134
golden ducks 28, 29
Gooch, Graham 103
approach to fitness 210, 211, 212
batting averages 176, 180
century records 13–14, 268, 275–6
daddy hundreds 233–4, 237–8, 244–5
fitness training 215, 216–17, 219
form 79
luck in cricket 70, 77, 86
match preparation 44–9, 50, 58
nervous nineties 256
net practice 39, 41
one-day cricket 197, 198, 199, 202, 206–7
opening 165, 167
pairs 33
‘sledging’ 185
superstitions 92
technique 66, 130–1, 144, 150–1, 154, 155–6, 157, 160
Test centuries 265
Goodwin, Jayden 9
Goodwin, Murray 13, 101, 168, 203
daddy hundreds 235, 240–1
ducks 30–1
first century 8–9
nervous nineties 258
net practice 41
Test centuries 275
Twenty20 193
Gordon, Professor Sandy 58
Gough, Darren 124, 163
Gower, David 46, 210
Brian Lara 88–9
form 78
match preparation 47, 48
one-day cricket 198
sports psychology 53, 56–7
superstitions 95
technique 133, 152, 184–5
Grace, G. F. 34
Grace, W. G. 90–1, 127, 136
batting average 174
century records 268, 269
daddy hundreds 232, 238
technique 136
Test centuries 267, 268
‘grand manner’ 256–7
Grant, Joe 30
Graveney, David 53, 110
Graveney, Tom 268
Grayson, Paul 90, 221
Greatbatch, Mark 194
Green, David 269
Greenidge, Gordon 115, 166
Griffith, Charlie 118
Haigh, Gideon 6–7, 11, 206
Hair, Darrell 32, 123
Hales, Alex 190
Hall, Andrew 250
Hall, Wes 118
Hamilton, Gavin 34, 54
Hammond, Jeff 62–3, 151
Hammond, Wally 19, 70
batting averages 177, 183
century records 115, 268, 270
daddy hundreds 232, 233, 234
ducks 22
Test double centuries 235
Harding, Richard 109
Harmison, Steve 54
Harris, Ryan 29
Harrison, Andy 219, 221
Harvey, Ian 192, 207
Hayden, Matthew 74
anger 125
dismissals 104
form 78
one-day cricket 203
opening 165–6
pairs 26
superstitions 100
Haynes, Desmond 166
Hayter, Peter ‘Reggie’ 5–6
Hayward, Tom 268
Healy, Ian 124, 254, 255, 257–8
Hemp, David 43, 122, 140, 169
Henderson, Colin 11–12
Henderson, Douglas 9
Hendren, Patsy 17, 233, 234, 268, 272–3
Hibbert, Paul 173
Hick, Graeme 11–12, 177, 205–6
century records 268
daddy hundreds 232, 235
first century 13
Higgs, Ken 120
Hignell, Alastair 109
Hignell, Dr Andrew 174
Hilditch, Andrew 155, 156
Hill, Alan 173
Hill, Clem 247
Hobbs, Jack 17–18, 62, 102, 136, 144
batting average 177
best innings 117
century records 268, 269, 270
daddy hundreds 235
ducks 23–4
and Herbert Sutcliffe 164
opening 166
superstitions 90–1
Test centuries 267–8
Hobbs, John Cooper 17
Hobbs, Robin 265
Hogg, Rodney 25
Holder, Neil ‘Noddy’ 60
Holland, Bob 33
Hollioake, Adam 114, 123
Hondo, Doug 251
Hooper, Carl 163
Hopkins, John 171–2
Hopps, David 233–4
Houghton, Dave 236–7
Hughes, Jonathan 114
Hughes, Kim 12, 24–5, 28, 256
Hughes, Merv 254
Hughes, Phillip 75
Hussain, Nasser 26, 267, 274, 276
cramps 227
dismissals 121
temper 126–7
Hussey, Mike:
daddy hundreds 232
mental strength 57–8, 59
net practice 38, 39, 40
one-day cricket 203, 204
opening 167–8
technique 160
watching the ball 64–5
Hutton, Len 70, 169, 177
century records 268
daddy hundreds 233
Test double centuries 235
hydration 221–7
Illingworth, Ray 110
Ilott, Mark 145
Irani, Ronnie 29
Jackman, Robin 141
Jadeja, Ravindra 232
James, Bethan 97
James, Peter 1–3, 60, 97, 114, 115, 134
James, Rhys 97
Jayasuriya, Sanath 99, 101, 194, 198, 251
Jayawardene, Mahela 235, 244, 266
Jesty, Trevor 72
Johnson, Mitchell 147
Jones, Alan 22, 120–1, 269
daddy hundreds 237
preparation and technique 65, 112–13, 216
Jones, Bob 83–4
Jones, Dean 85, 221–3
Jones, Geraint 167
Jones, Simon 104, 164
Judge, Peter 25
Julian, Ray 114
Kallicharran, Alvin 246
Kallis, Jacques 44, 244, 251, 254, 266
Kaluwitharana, Romesh 194
Kamal, Asim 250
Kambli, Vinod 238–40
Kasprowicz, Michael 52
Katich, Simon 29
Key, Rob 8, 199, 223–4
Khan, Imran 109, 239
Khan, Majid 47
Khan, Moin 185
Khan, Younis 251
Khan, Zaheer 273
Kieswetter, Craig 25, 196, 197, 201
king pair 28, 29
Kippax, Alan 29
Knight, Nick 199
Knott, Alan 70
Krikken, Karl 249
Kumble, Anil 257
Lamb, Allan 259–60
Land, Michael 61–2
Langer, Justin 60, 145, 181, 266
dismissals 121
luck in cricket 74–5
opening 165–6
technique 141–2, 160
temper 127
Lara, Brian 254
batting averages 177, 180–1
century records 276
daddy hundreds 232, 244
501 not out 253, 254
luck in cricket 71–3, 77
superstitions 88–9, 94
technique 138–9, 152
Test centuries 116, 117, 265
Test double centuries 235
Test records 266
throw-downs 42
Larkins, Wayne 12, 199
Larson, Gary 27
Latif, Naved 252–3
Law, Danny 90
Lawlor, Jeremy 10
Lawlor, Peter 10
Lawry, Bill 164, 170–1
Leamon, Nathan 4, 174, 175–6, 199–201
Lee, Brett 74, 142
Lester, Ted 3
Lever, John 265
Levi, Richard 192
Lewis, Chris 71
Lewis, Jon 146
Lewis, Michael 175
Lewis, Tony 112–13, 254
Lilley, Alan 44–5
Lister, Joe 272
Lister, Simon 6
Lloyd, David 140
luck 68–86
Lumb, Michael 201
McCall, Mark 249
McCann, Andy 51, 52
McCaw, Richie 52
McClenaghan, Mitchell 201
McCullum, Brendon 192, 207
McDermott, Craig 250–1
McGrath, Glenn 28, 73–4, 148–9
McKenzie, Neil 88, 100–1
MacLaurin, Lord 97
McLeod, Peter 61–2, 143, 153
McMillan, Brian 255–6
McMillan, Craig 85
Mahanama, Roshan 274
Maher, Jimmy 26, 114
Malcolm, Devon 28
Manjrekar, Vijay 16
Marks, Vic 109
Marner, Peter 195
Marshall, Malcolm 66, 70, 144, 186–7, 265
Martin, Chris 28, 64, 71, 259
Masakadza, Hamilton 192
Mason, Brian 53
Matthews, Greg 257
Maynard, Matthew, 119, 169, 177, 197, 230
batting 66–7
centuries 20–2, 263–4
daddy hundreds 235
dismissals 122
fitness training 216
four-day hundreds 189
one-day cricket 204
partnerships 168–9
preparation 37, 40, 47–8
superstitions 88, 89, 90, 97
technique 133, 143, 151, 152
MCC Foundation 135
MCCUs 108–9
Mead, Philip 99, 111, 268
Meher-Homji, Kersi 246, 254
Mendis, Gehan 32
Merrick, Tony 108, 171
Meuleman, Bob 161
Miandad, Javed 143, 235, 265
Miller, Geoff 177, 221
Miller, Keith 91
Misbah-ul-Haq 264
Mitchell, Daryl 252
Mitchell, Peter 193
Mohammad, Hanif 73, 117, 253–4
Mohammad, Sadiq 16
Mohammad, Wazir 253
Monte Carlo simulation 175
Montgomerie, Richard 81, 107, 142
Moody, Tom 44
Moores, Peter 16, 44, 159, 174–5, 213
More, Kiran 70
Morris, Hugh 22, 105, 276
century records 268
nets 37
one-day cricket 264
partnership with Steve James 28, 118, 133, 162, 164, 166, 167, 169
technique 160
Morris, John 73
Morton, Wayne 125
Moxton, Martyn 250
Moyes, Jim 109
Munton, Tim 108
Muralitharan, Muttiah 61
Nazar, Mudassar 251
Nel, Andre 251
net practice 35–42, 46
Newell, Keith 197
Newman, Scott 146, 271
Noffke, Ashley 142
North, George 52, 275
North, John 108
North, Phil 20, 36
Ntini, Makhaya 75
nutrition 228–30
O’Callaghan, Mike 109
Ojha, Pragyan 245
Oldfield, Bert 29
Olympic rings 33
one-day cricket 189–208, 264
Ontong, Rodney 20, 21–2
openers 162–70
Owen, Will 105
Oxford University 107–9, 110
Packer, Kerry 74
pairs 23–34
Panesar, Monty 40, 243
Parfitt, Peter 177–8
Parker, Buddy 93
Parry, David 232
Parry, Stephen 44
Parsons, Gordon 46
partnerships 164–70
Patel, Dipak 250
Patel, Samit 215
Pathan, Irfan 273
Patterson, Patrick 70, 265
Pausch, Randy 86
Penney, Trevor 13
Peters, Dr Steve 50
Petersen, Alviro 27
Pick, Andy 21–2
Pierson, Adrian 108
Pietersen, Kevin 16–17, 19, 62, 175
century records 272, 276
luck in cricket 73–4, 77
Mark Ramprakash 269
one-day cricket 198, 199
opening 167
‘Red Bull’ run 24
sweating 220, 221
technique 148–9
Test double centuries 235
Twenty20 193
Piper, Keith 42, 73
Pollard, Kieron 190, 193
Pollock, Graeme 120
Pollock, Shaun 31, 104, 113, 249, 250, 257
Ponsford, Bill 232
Ponting, Ricky 4, 11, 29, 237, 244
anger 124
at Lord’s 254
batting averages 183
match preparation 49–50
nervous nineties 260
superstitions 94, 98, 99
technique 156
Test centuries 273–4
Test records 266
Twenty20 193, 205
Powell, Mike 110, 232, 252
preparation 35–67
Pressdee, Jim 35–6
Price, Mark 20
Prior, Matt 125–6, 199
fitness 221, 227
hydration 224, 225, 226
nutrition 229
pairs 32–3
Pritchard, Neil 151
Procter, Mike 120, 183
protective equipment 162–3
psychology, sports 50–6
Pujara, Cheteshwar 232, 240
Purandare, Vaibhav 239
Qadir, Abdul 239
Radley, Clive 196
Raina, Suresh 192
Raja, Ramiz 179
Ramdin, Denesh 274–5
Ramprakash, Mark:
batting averages 177, 178, 181, 183
century records 268–71
daddy hundreds 234–5
fitness 212
superstitions 92–3
technique 132, 133, 145–6
temper 121, 123, 126
Test centuries 257
Ranatunga, Arjuna 179
Randall, Derek 111, 220
range-hitting 196–7
Rashid, Umer 231–2
Rees, Gareth 75
Reeve, Dermot 202
Reid, Bruce 30
Remy, Carlos 108
Reynolds, Graham 191
Rhodes, Jonty 170
Rhodes, Steve 149–50
Rice, Clive 160
Richards, Barry 66, 120
Richards, Viv 14, 34, 47, 103, 158
century records 268
daddy hundreds 234, 236
Denesh Ramdin 274
100th hundred 257
partnerships 168–9
technique 130, 149
Test centuries 264
Richardson, Richie 275
Riddle, Dean 212
Ritchie, Greg 222, 275
Rixon, Steve 183
Robinson, Tim 165
Roebuck, Peter 109, 127
Rogers, Chris 8, 275
Roope, Graham 271
Root, Joe 62, 166, 170
Roseberry, Mike 125
Roux, Garth Le 107
run-outs 111
Russell, Jack 95–7, 216
Russell, Kirk 220–1, 223–6, 227, 230
Salisbury, Ian 61
Samuels, Marlon 92
Sandham, Andy 91, 102, 233, 268
Sangakkara, Kumar 201, 235, 251, 266
Saville, Graham 129
schools cricket 1–4, 8–10, 134–6
Scott, Chris 72
Sehwag, Virender 28, 232
Selvey, Mike 63, 128
Shah, Owais 199, 223–4, 225, 226–7
Shastri, Ravi 245
Shaw, Adrian 90, 216
Shehzad, Ahmed 192
Shepherd, David 91
Shepherd, Don 3, 121
Shine, Kevin 185
Sidearm 44
Sidebottom, Ryan 122, 186
Simpson, Bobby 164, 170–1, 233
Singh, Harbhajan 257
Singh, Maninder 245
Slater, Michael 122, 164, 246, 260, 273
‘sledging’ 185–7
Small, Gladstone 72–3, 118–19
Smith, Dwayne 192
Smith, Ed 68, 76, 80, 98–9, 135
Smith, Graeme 70, 99, 115, 132–3, 265
Smith, Len 118
Smith, M. J. K. 195
Smith, Mike 144–5, 146
Smith, Paul 108
Smith, Robin 199, 260
Smith, Victor 60
Snape, Jeremy 54
Sobers, Sir Garfield 71, 120, 139, 238
Solanki, Vikram 199
Spiring, Reuben 10
Starc, Mitchell 250
Steele, David 89
Steele, John 89
Stewart, Alec 12, 49, 77, 96, 99, 163, 267
Stewart, Micky 95, 238
Steyn, Dale 49
Stokes, Ben 123–4, 135
Strauss, Andrew 64, 126, 224
daddy hundreds 242–4
luck in cricket 71, 77
one-day cricket 198
technique 141, 159–60
Test centuries 5, 258–9
Streak, Heath 257
Strudwick, Herbert 270
superstition 87–101
Surti, Rusi 112, 250
Sutcliffe, Herbert 144, 164, 166, 235, 268
Swallow, Ian 20
Syed, Matthew 134
Symonds, Andrew 197
Tavaré, Chris 109, 148, 178
Taylor, Les 46, 171
Taylor, Mark 154, 164
Taylor, Neil 94, 237
Taylor, Paul 24
technique 129–61
Tendulkar, Ajit 137
Tendulkar, Arjun 256
Tendulkar, Sachin 116, 137–8, 149
at Lord’s 254
century records 268
daddy hundreds 238–40
fitness 212
nervous nineties 246, 247, 256
one-day cricket 198, 199, 208–9
technique 152, 155–6
Test centuries 261–2, 263
Test records 266
Thomas, Greg 171
Thomas, Ian 114, 189, 191, 203
Thorpe, Graham 136, 173
throw-downs 42–6
Thurlow, Hugh ‘Pud’ 29, 247
Tremlett, Chris 34
Trescothick, Marcus 8, 136
batting style 69
dressing room humour 26
luck in cricket 81–2
one-day cricket 198, 199
pairs 25, 26–8
technique 157
Trott, Jonathan 29, 64, 269
batting average 182–3
‘burn-out’ 79–80
first century 15–16
one-day cricket 199, 200–2
superstitions 99–100
sweating 221
Tudor, Alex 250
Turner, Glenn 16, 104–5, 160, 268
Turner, Rob 108
Twenty20 189–94, 197, 204–9
Tyldesley, Ernest 268
Ulam, Stanislaw 175
University Centres of Cricketing Excellence 108–9
Vaas, Chaminda 257
van der Dussen, Rassie 192
Vaughan, Michael 116–17, 136
batting average 178
net practice 40–1
resignation from England team 265
Test centuries 274
Vettori, Daniel 257
Villiers, AB de 209, 264
Viswanath, Gundappa 118
Voce, Bill 163
walking 81–5
Wallace, Mark 106, 114, 193
Walsh, Courtney 31, 265
Warburton, Sam 51–3, 75
Warfield, Peter 109
Warne, Shane 63, 74, 94, 138, 250, 270
Warner, David 190–1, 192, 209
Watkin, Steve 45, 71, 119, 131, 142–4, 216
Watson, Shane 74, 178
Waugh, Mark 5, 33, 152, 250–1, 268
Waugh, Steve 121
anger 124, 125
Ashes century 266–7
batting averages 177, 180
Dean Jones 222–3
ducks 31
luck in cricket 74
mental strength 56, 57–8, 59
nervous nineties 246, 247, 260
net practice 39
99 not out 250–1
non-walking 85–6
superstitions 91–2, 101
technique 66, 67, 155
Test centuries 118, 257, 258, 268, 275
throw-downs 43, 44
Webster, Rudi 103
Weekes, Everton 183
Wellham, Dirk 12–13
West, Ken 63
Wheatley, Ossie 120
Wight, Peter 72
Willey, Peter 46
Williams, Neil 114, 249
Williams, Rupert 217–18
Willis, Bob 276
Willoughby, Charl 146
Wilson, Dave 264
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 9, 17
Wood, Graeme 258
Woodcock, John 112
Woodfull, Bill 173
Wooller, Wilf 140
Woolley, Frank 127–8, 247, 268, 269
Woolmer, Bob 42, 53
Wordsworth, Alan 109
Worrell, Frank 94
Wright, Ben 105
Wright, John 160, 215
Wright, Luke 192
Yardley, Norman 250
Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery test 213
Younis, Waqar 119, 239