A brief history ...

Cricket's darkest hour

Martin Williamson with a brief history of Bodyline

A brief history of Bodyline

The necessary monster

Gideon Haigh looks back at Harold Larwood on the occasion of his birth centenary

From hospital to hero

Eddie Paynter's heroics at Adelaide

The Tiger's last hurrah

Bill O'Reilly's final interview

A tactic of its time

Gideon Haigh on why Bodyline wouldn't have worked today