iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 9h

The stunning backdrop of the rock for Gibraltar's cricket ground in the 1970s. The game has been played there, largely by servicemen, since the 18th century

2417

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In fairness to the famous Yorkshire opener, he was making his return to England colours after his three-year self-imposed exile while this match was going on

110

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In 214 first-class matches for the county between 1977 and 1987 he took 685 wickets at 22.02 and 316 one-day wickets at 17.41

0150

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A photograph of Middlesex legend Wayne Daniel I took during the 1984 season. I can still see him, shirt unbuttoned halfway, chest wider than I had seen on a man, bowling with fearsome pace season after season at Lord's

4523

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

David Vokes' picture of Hampshire's Nathan Ellis bowling to Sussex's Tim Seifert in the Vitality Blast game at the Rose Bowl on June 4th 2022 was shortlisted in the 2022 Wisden Photograph of the Year competition

1319

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A great catch and a great photo from Adrian Murrell ... Jonty Rhodes leaps to catch Robert Croft , Emirates Trophy, Edgbaston, August 1998. A tremendously hard photo as it needs such quick movement and focusing etc. But that said Murrell is a brilliant photographer

1260

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One to bring back memories of those of a certain age ... the walkway under the old Grandstand at Lord's which was demolished in 1996, pictured in the 1980s. A complete jam on match days it had many quirky features and also included two bars and the printing office

0254

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Don Bradman bowling in the nets on the eve of the 5th Ashes Test at The Oval, August 19th 1938. No more than an occasional legspinner, both his Test wickets came at Adelaide, the second his rival Wally Hammond in 1932-33. It was while bowling at The Oval that he fractured his ankle

0213

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

South Africa's Jock Cameron is carried off after being hit being the left ear by Harold Larwood in the final overs of the match, England v SA, 2nd Test, July 2nd 1929. Cameron lost consciousness for some time. He missed the next month of the tour

0152

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

While it is often reproduced as a war-time picture from 1940, local historians believe this was taken in 1939 as by 1940 many children had been evacuated, and there would also have been more evidence of air-raid precautions and barrage balloons which were widespread (C)

1100

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A wonderful period piece photograph showing children playing street cricket in Alpha Grove, Millwall in London's docklands in 1939. The ship in the background,which is further away than it appears, is in the then vibrant West India Docks.

2395

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

David Hookes drives on his way to 85, 5th Ashes Test, The Oval, August 27th 1977. Hookes seemed to have the world at his feet after a sparkling debut in the Centenary Test earlier that year but he joined World Series Cricket and thereafter struggled to establish himself

2131

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The County Ground at Worcester taken by Patrick Eagar in 1968. Most pictures of the ground are taken with the cathedral as a backdrop so it's far less usual to see it from the other side (C)

1314

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Four great Australian captains - Ian Chappell, Bill Lawry, Bob SImpson and Richie Benaud - pose during a photoshoot for a promotional film they were making in early 1976

0220

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The old Tavern at Lord's pictured in 1965, two years before it was demolished

0260

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Twenty-year-old Tony Greig bowling for Sussex v Gloucestershire, July 15th 1967, in his first full season with the county. He scored 1299 runs at 24.50 and took 67 wickets at 26.52 and ended the year being named Best Young Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers' Club

0201

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Jack Russell relaxes with a cup of tea during England's 1990-91 tour of Australia (Ben Radford)

0260

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Steve and Mike Gatting pictured in 1977. Steve played 58 games for Arsenal before a long career at Brighton. He also played cricket for Middlesex 2nd XI.

2435

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Floodlit cricket at Taunton when Somerset met a West Indies XI, September 15th 1982. The game was in aid of Viv Richards' benefit and 7000 turned out to see West Indies win the 35-over game by 17 runs. The floodlights had been borrowed from the Rolling Stones

2272

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Kent's Frank Woolley in a press photograph from April 1914. In a career that spanned three decades he took 2066 wickets at 19.87 and scored 58,959 runs at 40.77, the latter an aggregate second only to Jack Hobbs. He is the only non wicketkeeper to take more than 1000 catches (C)

1264

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Another of my favourite photos, Ken Kelly's autumnal shot of Mike Brearley in his last match before retiring walking off after leading Middlesex to a ten-wicket win and with it the County Championship at Worcester, September 11th 1982. That was not quite that. He made one final appearance in 1983

2352

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

hn Lennon dressed in character as Musketeer Gripweed on location in Almeria (Spain) during 'How I Won the War', October 5th 1966

1152

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Long Room at The Oval around 1900, three years after it opened

0181

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The picturesque Darley Dale hosted one Derbyshire game - their final round in the John Player League on September 7th 1975 - but what a game. The BBC covered it as Hampshire needed to win to secure the title, which they duly did aided by fifties from Gordon Greenidge and Barry Richards

0191

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

An unlikely photoshoot ... Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (Curiosity Killed The Cat), Paul Young, Donny Osmond and Alvin Stardust pose for photographers ahead of a charity match at Edgbaston, September 10th 1987. Also taking part were Phil Collins, Tom Robinson, Mark Nicholas and Bob Taylor.

7278

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Sid Barnes, known as a joker, tries to hand a stray dog to umpire Alex Skelding during the Australians match v Surrey at The Oval, May 10th 1948. Skelding was having none of it and was even less impressed at Barnes' suggestion that if he took it all he would need was a white stick

0213

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Geoff Arnold bowling for Surrey in 1973. One of my favourite players when I first fell in love with the game, in 34 Tests he took 115 wickets at 28.29 (Patrick Eagar) (C)

3250

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A lady arrives for the Eton-Harrow game at Lord's sporting Harrow colours, July 12th 1935. Almost every newspaper, national as well as the leading regionals, devoted both sport and separate fashion columns to the game including the left-leaning Daily Mirror

0163

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie addresses supporters after Hampshire's 140-run defeat of Derbyshire at Bournemouth had secured the county their first County Championship, September 1st 1961. "I'm frightened I shall wake up in the morning and find we have not won it after all."

3183

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The start of something special - Ian Botham hits out in the 3rd ODI v West Indies, Edgbaston, August 31st 1976. Botham, 20, was called into the England side for the three-match series, making his debut in the first game of the series. He didn't set the world alight but he soon would (Patrick Eagar)

0194

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The danger to batsmen before helmets came in cannot be understated, nor can the courage needed to face fast bowling ... Dennis Amiss just avoids a bouncer during the 3rd Prudential ODI between England and West Indies, Birmingham, August 31st 1976 (Patrick Eagar)

1242

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Three legends of Kent and England - Colin Cowdrey, Frank Woolley and Les Ames - at Canterbury for the re-naming of the old Concrete Stand after Woolley and the Iron Stand after Ames, August 1973. All three scored more than a hundred hundreds - Woolley took 2000+ wickets and more than 1000 catches

0275

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A stunning picture of cricket on Hambledon's Broadhalfpenny Down during the 2022 heatwave (Marc Aspland)

2508

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Golf clubs have the land - I played one last week that was building its own reservoir. Most cricket grounds don't have the space to do that or, like this one, are surrounded by developed land

100

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A press picture of beach cricket from 1936. Two of the ladies seem to be enjoyed the posed photograph ... first slip seems to be mightily unimpressed however

3204

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The impact of the heatwave ... Cranleigh in Surrey ... the ground as it was in August 2024 and how it looks this week

2199

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It's all they are allowed to do under the hosepipe ban - they can't water anything other than the square

010

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A large crowd watches a charity cricket match on the green at Bearsted near Maidstone in Kent in August 1946

0326

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Bob Willis in the nets after his recall on the eve of the 3rd Test v Pakistan, August 21st 1974. He lost his place in June because of injury and this was seen as a test to see if he was ready for the Ashes tour. Although he had match figures of 2 for 129, he made the trip

4281

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A great day yesterday photographing the Cricketer Cup final which went to a Super Over ... here's a picture I took of the parched ground at Arundel castle after the close of play

1331

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Forgive the personal indulgence but this was my first photo taken at Lord's, on the first day I attended a Test, v Pakistan, August 9th 1974 - David Lloyd as he returned from the pre-play nets ...he looks shattered! He was 18* overnight and added 5 more

4525

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

At the time several newspapers reported he was the first man to do so but he wasn't (Grace, Rhodes ...) and a week after Titmus' game Brian Close appeared in a first-class match at Scarborough and he too had played in five decades.

010

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

However, a fortnight later the 47-year-old Titmus was recalled for the game v Yorkshire (Edmonds was injured and Emburey on Test duty) and went on to play in five matches taking 12 wickets 26.08, helping Middlesex to the Championship title. His final comeback came two years later

3121

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Four years after retiring and leaving Middlesex for a brief spell as Surrey coach, Fred Titmus arrives at Lord's ahead of a recall for Middlesex's game v Hampshire, July 9th 1980. A washed out first day caused a rethink and he did not play.

3202

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Australia, 2nd Test, Durban, February 5th 1970. Richards scored 140 in 181 minutes from 164 deliveries. He scored another hundred in the 4th Test in what was to be his final Test innings. He finished the series - and his career - with 508 runs at 72.57 from his four Tests

3170

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Rolling Stones playing cricket in a photoshoot for their 1968 Beggars Banquet LP taken at Swarkestone Hall Pavilion in Derbyshire. Michael Joseph's shot was originally intended to be used on the back cover

3357

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thousands of spectators' bicycles neatly parked outside the 2nd India-England Test, Bangalore, December 1981

0414

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A Bank Holiday crowd of over 20,000 - all but a handful seemingly wearing straw boaters - watched Surrey score 505 for 6 v Nottinghamshire at The Oval, August 4th 1913. No batsman scored a hundred but the top six all made fifties. A year to the day later Britain declared war on Germany

0333

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Not allowed in the pavilion for another 22 years ...

010

Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Fifty years ago today history was made, and to the surprise of many within MCC the world did not end. On August 4th 1976 there was considerable media interest in the game at Lord's where England met Australia in an ODI. It was the first time women had been allowed to play on the ground.

1274