Ashes 1909: Warwick Armstrong keeps debutant Frank Woolley waiting for 19 minutes by bowling trial balls

August 10, 1909. As Frank Woolley waited to face his first ball in Test cricket at The Oval, Warwick Armstrong kept bowling trial deliveries for 19 minutes. Arunabha Sengupta relives the tactics that kept the young Kent batsman on tenterhooks leading to his cheap dismissal and prompted a change in the laws.

Read More