Along with the MCG, the Eden Gardens remains cricket's answer to the Coliseum. It first hosted a Test back in the days of India's cricketing infancy, with Douglas Jardine's team easing to victory inside four days in 1934. Since then, it has become something of a place of pilgrimage for...
Eden Gardens is often referred to as home of Indian cricket. It has the fastest outfield of all the cricket stadiums in India,[citation needed] and is regarded as a "batsman's paradise".The ground has been referred to as "cricket's answer to the Colosseum".Eden...
About Eden Gardens Stadium Established in the year 1864, Eden Gardens is the second largest cricket ground in India with a seating capacity of 68,000. Eden Gardens is also said to be the fourth largest in the world. The home ground of Bengal cricket team, the stadium is owned by the Ind...
It begins by providing an historical background of women's presence in sport grounds, describing mainly the construction of Victorian ideals of the women-sport relationship. It locates women cricket spectators in two historical phases: before the 1950s, that is, at a time when gender boundaries ...
Fast-growing and so many to choose from – weeping, goat, twisted, even cricket bat! These graceful trees survive in the dampest of places, so will suit a water-logged or riverside garden. They also have their fair share of folklore – the words ‘witch’ and ‘wicked’ come from the...