50 Magic Moments

Another big gesture from a big man famous for them

An English teenager makes a startling debut against the old enemy

Begin as you mean to go on? Michael Slater invented the dictum

West Indies had a small total to defend. They also had Ambi

de Villiers was on fire; then White Lightning came to the party

Six needed off the last over? Not on my life. Tendulkar bowls the perfect last over

Not a bird, not a plane, it's Jonty on fire

Pitch outside leg, take off stump, easy as pie

Wasim's World Cup ripper of rippers came with a sequel hot on its heels

With a flurry of sixes against Qadir, the maestro announces himself

A burst of athleticism in the MCC bicentenary Test makes Lord's gasp

The shot that rang out around the world

The World Championship final, 1985: Miandad was wily, LS even more so

The catch that made India's World Cup win possible

The third World Cup final: Sandhu lands the punch that makes the knockout possible

They took it down to the wire; then the final, fatal stumble

Pakistan's captain sends a chill down Indian spines in Karachi

Botham's 149 was mostly all humpty, but one shot stood head and shoulders clear

The perfect set-up, then the perfect kill. It was the most ferocious, exacting opening over by a bowler in a Test match

Small target, end of the day, what does the batting captain do? He gets bowled