Contents
Introduction
16th and 17th centuries
1 Roundhead helmet
18th century
2 House of Hanover coat of arms
3 Cricket bat
4 Hambledon monument
5 Laws of the game
6 Umpire’s white coat
7 Cricket ball
8 MCC tie
9 Batsman’s leg guard
19th century
10 Hoop skirt
11 A quill
12 Fort George, Bombay
13 Duke of Wellington’s hat
14 Tall black hat
15 Kit bag
16 Redgum tree
17 1859 photograph
18 Eden Gardens
19 Wisden
20 W.G. Grace’s beard
21 Gold medal
22 Iron safe
23 Ashes urn
24 Scoreboard
25 Pith helmet
26 Surrey badge
27 The Sheffield Shield
28 The Lord’s Pavilion
20th century: 1900 to 1945
29 A tennis ball
30 The ICC
31 Statue of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh
32 Daily Telegraph
33 ‘Your country needs you’
34 Catching cradle
35 Bottle of whisky
36 Pen
37 Yorkshire rose
38 An adding machine
39 Cocoa bean
40 HMS Beagle
41 Martini glass
42 The Ranji Trophy
43 A red ribbon
44 Passenger liner
45 Pataudi Palace
1946 to 1979
46 An old English coin (pre-decimal)
47 Pot of Brylcreem
48 The calypso record by Lord Beginner celebrating Ramadhin and Valentine
49 A school cap
50 Radio mic
51 A sitar
52 Cricket boot
53 A duck’s egg
54 Ron Lovitt’s photo of the Tied Test
55 ‘Love Me Do’ by the Beatles
56 Gillette Cup
57 Sobers’ ball
58 Currant bun
59 Packet of Rothmans
60 Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed god of good fortune
61 World Cup trophy
62 A devil’s pitchfork
63 Batsman’s helmet
64 Aluminium bat
65 Floodlights
1980 to 1989
66 The covers
67 A stump
68 Crown Green bowl
69 Betting slip
70 A copy of the Christian Science Monitor
71 Sri Lankan flag
72 Photograph of the Mike Gatting and Shakoor Rana row
73 Beer can
74 The ‘Yabba’ statue
75 Tiger Moth aircraft
1990 to 1999
76 ANC flag
77 White ball
78 Diamond stud earring
79 Merv Hughes’s moustache
80 Trinidadian flag
81 A little dirt
82 St George’s flag
83 Protractor
84 Duckworth-Lewis Method
85 Snickometer
86 Leather jacket
87 Baggy green cap
21st century
88 Twenty20 Cup
89 Open-top bus
90 Sequined shirt
91 Umpire’s white hat
92 Helicopter
93 Moochu Singh, brand mascot for the Rajasthan Royals
94 Coming Back to Me by Marcus Trescothick
95 News of the World
96 Indian flag
97 Hotspot
98 Tendulkar waxwork
99 Umbrella
100 A teapot
Bibliography
Picture credits
Acknowledgments