Cricket provided some relief. During Australia’s tour of England in 1930, young batting phenomenon Donald Bradman took the English bowlers apart. Australian legend Don Bradman is bowled out during ...

Few sporting events have caused such an international storm as the 1932-33 Ashes series which, at its nadir, not only threatened the tour itself but also political relations between the United Kingdom ...

This is the story of one of the most well known but perhaps least understood moments of conflict and controversy in the history of sport the infamous Bodyline test cricket series of 1932 and 1933 ...

The Ashes is among the oldest and the most traditional rivalries in world cricket, but if there is something that truly added fuel to the fire, it would be the 'Bodyline' bowling by the England team ...

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. We all know the story, the Poms land Down Under in the summer of 1932-33 ...

Bodyline endures as the most emotive word in Test cricket. Seventy-five years this month, the England team led by Douglas Jardine and under the auspices of the Marylebone Cricket Club, arrived in ...

England's 1932-33 Ashes tour of Australia, known as the 'Bodyline' series, began dramatically with Harold Larwood's aggressive bowling targeting Aussie batters. Australia still scored 360, led by Stan ...

Cricket Australia confirmed a record attendance for the first Ashes Test between Australia and England in Brisbane. The 164,747 spectators who streamed through the turnstiles for the opening clash of ...

It’s no secret that cricket is a spectacle with multiple layers of appeal. Beneath the surface is history, and behind today’s players are the memories, stories and ghosts we hold inside. For the ...

The first to get hit was Australia captain Bill Woodfull, doubled over and clutching his chest in agony after a lightning-fast ball struck him over his heart. Then, when England captain Douglas ...