Been there, done that and seen ´em all
(WorldNews Sport)

I am as old as my home itself, if not older. I was there when cricket began to be played by the men in white flannels at the park named after the sisters of Lord Auckland in 1864, by which time Sir John Lawrence was residing at the Viceroy´s House, a little jog away. I was there in 1904 when Ranjitsinhji, the prince of cricket, playing for the Calcutta Cricket Club (later to become the CC&FC), leg glanced one for four, cheered on by the hundreds who had come to watch the great man play. Over the years, I saw the big names showcase their skills on the greens - Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe turned out to open, not for the MCC but for the Maharaja of Vizianagaram. Palwankar Baloo, the...