The rumblings of Bodyline – or fast leg theory as the English liked to called it – had already started, but things came to a head 83 years ago on January 14, 1933, on the second day of the third Test ...

On returning home in 1933 Douglas Jardine said he was "naturally displeased" with the "notorious excitability" of Australian crowds. Well, if he was displeased, then he would be ropeable now. Seventy ...

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Could you please explain what "Bodyline bowling" means, and when it was banned? asks Emon Bodyline was the term invented to describe the tactics used by England's touring team in Australia in 1932-33.

There's no one source of our national character. It comes from our indigenous heritage, the struggles of the early settlers, the Federation period, and, of course, our nation's experiences at war. And ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Douglas Jardine (Hugo Weaving, right) instructs Harold Larwood (Jim Holt) to bang it in short in the 1984 miniseries Bodyline. It starts ...

The Bodyline scandal helped shape the nature of cricket, sport and relations between Australia and England for years to come As Australian batsman Bert Oldfield collapsed, his skull fractured by a ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was 70 years ago this year that the traditional cricketing rivalry between England and Australia took on a more sinister dimension. A rift was opened between the two countries, and the Empire ...