Khalid ‘Billy’ Ibadulla, the first Pakistani cricketer in the County Championship – obituary
He won the Championship title, the Gillette Cup twice, and played his part in two record partnerships
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He won the Championship title, the Gillette Cup twice, and played his part in two record partnerships
In his book Commando Men, Samain describes commandos racing across treacherous Normandy beaches, rallying to the call of a hunting horn
She was known as ‘the Queen of Swords’, and she told an interviewer, ‘Swords are definitely my weapon of choice’
BB King said that without Mayall ‘a lot of us Black musicians in America would still be catchin’ the hell that we caught long before’
Orpin’s glider landed on a hedge on the evening of D-Day and later he took part in the Operation Varsity airborne assault across the Rhine
He introduced online wine sales in 2000 and opened outlets in Calais to serve the cross-channel trade
He later transferred to the RAF and oversaw the dispersal of oil following the Torrey Canyon disaster in 1967
She said Sweet Honey wanted to ‘shatter people’s concepts about what should come out of women’s throats’
He survived a mining accident to become a superlative ambassador as Pot Black made snooker a favourite with the television-viewing public
He entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1982 for the highest and steepest slope ever skied, and would happily ski on bare rocks
He wrote books packed with ‘unnamed sources’ about the Duchess of York, Diana and Prince Harry
Married to the conductor Colin Davis, she was the primary breadwinner during what he called the ‘amateur wilderness’ of his early years
He also piloted the experimental X-15 spaceplane to extreme altitudes in a team which included the future first moonwalker Neil Armstrong
He also worked in the music business, and after the 1993 fatal shooting of the Notorious BIG he found premiums skyrocketing for rap acts
Volatile but popular, he went on to become an inspirational team director, forging an all-conquering partnership with Jacques Anquetil
HMRC classified his art as ‘electrical devices’ and thus subject to full VAT, but relented after a campaign by an art gallery
‘There were risks... The scientists wanted information, so you had to do certain things with the aircraft and then report what happened’
He had drink problems during his career but went on to become a youth mentor, charity ambassador and winner of Dancing with the Stars
A former car salesman, he only made his screen debut late in his 30s, supporting his theatrical aspirations by driving cabs and selling toys