Ken Barrington

Former England batsman Ken Barrington was on Friday inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during the tea interval of the fourth and final Test between England and India at The Oval.

Here's a look at other instances in Test cricket when India were caught unawares by less fancied slow bowlers.

Former England captain Ted Dexter, who died in England at the age of 86 on Thursday, had a ‘special connection’ with Indian cricket at various stages of his life. In 1961-62, Dexter led the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team, (the English cricket team was known as the MCC team) in a five-Test series in India.

The Oval cricket ground, now known as Kennington Oval, is a place for the cricket romantic. For connoisseurs and those steeped in cricket history, it's a venerable ground.

Alastair Cook's tally of 17 centuries away from home is the highest by an England batsman in Tests. Ken Barrington has the next best tally (13)

Cheteshwar Pujara's gritty 106 put India in control of the Boxing Day Test match against Australia in Melbourne. He finished as India's top-scorer, as the visitors declared at 443/7.

It was yesterday once more as spin legends Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna and BS Chandrasekhar went down memory lane at the Eden Gardens.

New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell on Friday became the first New Zealand batter to score three successive centuries against England in a Test series.

Zak Crawley's 267 in the third Test against Pakistan at Southampton on Saturday saw the England batsman rewrite the record books.

Statistical highlights after the fourth day of the third Test between India and Australia on Sunday.

Zak Crawley's 267 in the third Test against Pakistan at Southampton on Saturday saw the England batsman rewrite the record books. It was the seventh-highest maiden century in the 143-year history of Test-match cricket and the tenth highest innings by any England batsman.

High-octane batting and a precocious day-one declaration put England in control of the first Test against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui on Thursday.

Vijay Manjrekar's remarks often hurt players but even they accept that it was for their betterment. To him cricket was a religion and technique, a way of life.

Shivaji Park and Mumbai cricket are inseparable. Sample the names that owe their careers to this cricketing stable... Vijay Manjrekar, Subhash Gupte, Ajit Wadekar, Sandeep Patil, Padmakar Shivalkar, Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli.

Some people conveniently settle for mediocrity while some are satisfied only with excellence and keep striving towards it till their last breath.

He's just months away from retirement and still going strong. In case you overlooked it, he is the highest run-scorer across formats in the past five years...

As the uncertainty over Ganguly's cricketing future continues, former Indian captain Ajit Wadekar has said it was time to show the door to the ex-skipper.

Australia's Matthew Hayden can look back on his international career that puts him in the top-10 Test batsmen and top-20 ODI batsmen of all-time.

Rubbishing the methods used by the official ICC rankings, TOI has come up with its own list of all-time greats based on an uncomplicated formula.