It's Just Not Cricket

[teamsaint]

here's the great Barry Richards.

Many Happy days in my youth watching Richards, Greenidge, Roberts and Marshall .

[Beef Oven!]

Nope, really don't think so. Possibly there is a rule against head-high full tosses aimed to kill the batsman. Though in a gentlemanly way of course AKA the "beamer".

I recall a NZ bowler in the early 70s who got quite a few prestigious England wickets in Tests in this country with in-swinging full tosses that hit the wicket about bail-high. Massey?

Fair enough.

P.S. But why would anyone want to kill a batsman?

[Beef Oven!]

Why only videos of batsmen? What about the tossers?

[cloughie]

Bob Massie was an Australian swing bowler who played in six tests, noted for his 16-wicket test debut at Lord's in 1972.

Sorry, we crossed, TS.

I seam to remember he bowled all day other than for occasional breaks to take stomach pills!...and Denis Lillee had spells at the other end to make sure the England batters didn't get complacent.

[cloughie]

i always wondered what " Sunder in the mountains" meant.

Ask beefy - something to do with the Stadium of Light - Play it again and again Sam!

[LeMartinPecheur]

No, definitely not Massie then (I don't see very many wicket-taking full tosses in the posted clips).

The test I recall must have been after 1972 cos I wasn't quite a student then, able to spend all day in the college TV room, so probably 1973 or 74, just maybe 75. I seem to recall a slightly misty day, Day 1 of the match at a ground north of London. Could it have been something in the 1973 NZ tour? I see England won that series pretty comfortably judging by the scorecards, but I do recall TV commentators' amazement at how so many good batsmen were getting out to rank full tosses from an unknown bowler of, IIRC, no great pace.

[teamsaint]

Fair enough.

P.S. But why would anyone want to kill a batsman?

You have clearly never bowled to a really good batsman........

[Beef Oven!]

Ask beefy - something to do with the Stadium of Light - Play it again and again Sam!

I have just got 'round to checking the footie results. You are cruel.

[Beef Oven!]

You have clearly never bowled to a really good batsman........

During my life, I have played in one game of Rugby and one game of cricket. In each case I shouldn't have bothered.

[EdgeleyRob]

During my life, I have played in one game of Rugby and one game of cricket. In each case I shouldn't have bothered.

'In the sweep of its appeal,its ability to touch every corner of humanity,football is the only game that needed to be invented.'

SIR Bobby Charlton

[Beef Oven!]

'In the sweep of its appeal,its ability to touch every corner of humanity,football is the only game that needed to be invented.'

SIR Bobby Charlton

[cloughie]

No, definitely not Massie then (I don't see very many wicket-taking full tosses in the posted clips).

The test I recall must have been after 1972 cos I wasn't quite a student then, able to spend all day in the college TV room, so probably 1973 or 74, just maybe 75. I seem to recall a slightly misty day, Day 1 of the match at a ground north of London. Could it have been something in the 1973 NZ tour? I see England won that series pretty comfortably judging by the scorecards, but I do recall TV commentators' amazement at how so many good batsmen were getting out to rank full tosses from an unknown bowler of, IIRC, no great pace.

Hadley? Dayle or Richard? Howarth?

[french frank]

'... its ability to touch every corner of humanity ...

Which suggests I'm either superhuman or subhuman - I don't mind which - as it doesn't quite touch me. Back on topic, have I ever mentioned the match in which I took 6 wickets for 3?

[Historian]

Back on topic, have I ever mentioned the match in which I took 6 wickets for 3?

That beats my best bowling figures by miles ff. Even more impressed than I was before.

[french frank]

That beats my best bowling figures by miles ff. Even more impressed than I was before.

Yes, but girlies' cricket . I guess I got the tailenders because their team managed to amass 45 all out