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Obviously not old enough to see Clarry Grimmett or Benaud (as a player) but by repute the best of all time and certainly was for me. An absolute genius with the ball in his hand.
I'm sure we are all recalling 'that' delivery to Gatting. Started somewhere heading for Liverpool, took out his off stump heading for Chester and Gatts hadn't a scooby what had hit him.
Bowled Warnie...
And to prove it wasn't a fluke he did it again to Andrew Strauss in 2005
Reading through dozens of Fake Condolences Tweets atm from Celebs.
You know the ones:-
1st Line - mention his death for five or six words 2nd Line- work in whatever you're promoting Hint: as ever, work in "Me" and "I" as much as possible
E.G.
I'm distraught to hear about the death of Sean Warren. I had him on my hit show only last year, and it can still be downloaded. I genuinely can't believe another guest (link) is dead.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
On my first Cricket tour with my team we went to Gloucestershire and one of the teams we played was Cirencester CC. Now anyone who has played cricket will know that any team named after their own town is going to be decent. At the time their first team were top of the county league.
We arrived at their ground with pristine mown lawns and a smart clubhouse. On entering the bar area they have pictures on the wall of various teams and events through their history. Including a photograph of Shane Warne stepping out to play in some sort of exhibition match there. Intimidated?
Thankfully Shane wasn’t playing that day but they still had a formidable line up. Our opening bat Fred put up a bit of resistance scoring a 50 but after that it was carnage. They even had 8 players in slips at one stage to give us a chance and try to make a game of it but still, we were thrashed.
A brilliant cricketer and top sportsman as far as I am concerned. Competed really hard but at the same time understood the rules of sportsmanship. Plus I will never forget his tribute to Richie Benaud. RIP.
Really horrible and shocking news. Much as I love QPR, cricket will always be my favourite sport. It was painful to watch him dismantle England's batting for so long, but there was always the grudging admiration that I was watching the greatest bowler I will probably ever see. What a dreadful couple of days for Aussie cricket with passing of another great cricketer and man in Rod Marsh. RIP gentlemen...and thanks for the memories☹ï¸
Obviously not old enough to see Clarry Grimmett or Benaud (as a player) but by repute the best of all time and certainly was for me. An absolute genius with the ball in his hand.
Same age as me (gulp.)
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I can't find any quotes or video of it but there is a brilliant story about Warne and Ian Healy in a test match in which they were struggling to remove an obdurate batsman. They had a short but conspiratorial chat in full view of the batsman, who promptly got himself out.
They gave the impression that they had come up with some cunning plan to winkle him out but, as they later admitted, they had simply been discussing what they were going to do for dinner. Genius.
I have probably told you before but Barry Richards, the great South African batsman, tells a wonderful story about Benaud. When Richards, as a young, up and coming cricketer, first faced Benaud, the first ball he received pitched halfway down the wicket and, his eyes ligthing up, Richards pulled it for four. The next ball pitched in much the same spot, with the same result: pulled for four. The third delivery was yet another long hop, but before Richards could complete his shot, the ball - a vicious top spinner - had clattered into his stumps.
"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."
I can't find any quotes or video of it but there is a brilliant story about Warne and Ian Healy in a test match in which they were struggling to remove an obdurate batsman. They had a short but conspiratorial chat in full view of the batsman, who promptly got himself out.
They gave the impression that they had come up with some cunning plan to winkle him out but, as they later admitted, they had simply been discussing what they were going to do for dinner. Genius.
I have probably told you before but Barry Richards, the great South African batsman, tells a wonderful story about Benaud. When Richards, as a young, up and coming cricketer, first faced Benaud, the first ball he received pitched halfway down the wicket and, his eyes ligthing up, Richards pulled it for four. The next ball pitched in much the same spot, with the same result: pulled for four. The third delivery was yet another long hop, but before Richards could complete his shot, the ball - a vicious top spinner - had clattered into his stumps.
I think cricket has to be one of the greatest sports for creating anecdotes and stories.Maybe it’s the long hours spent doing virtually nothing for most of the day means that the players get the chance to interact with each other and the umpires.
I was in the car this afternoon switched the radio on and I heard Steve Harmison talking on the radio, couldn't make out what or who he was talking about mainly because Steve kept stopping to gather himself as he was obviously heartbroken and was struggling emotionly as was Derek Pringle who was also being interviewed.
Dreadfully sad news, people are calling him a legend and rightly so.
'ball of the century'
RIP.
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
I can't find any quotes or video of it but there is a brilliant story about Warne and Ian Healy in a test match in which they were struggling to remove an obdurate batsman. They had a short but conspiratorial chat in full view of the batsman, who promptly got himself out.
They gave the impression that they had come up with some cunning plan to winkle him out but, as they later admitted, they had simply been discussing what they were going to do for dinner. Genius.
I have probably told you before but Barry Richards, the great South African batsman, tells a wonderful story about Benaud. When Richards, as a young, up and coming cricketer, first faced Benaud, the first ball he received pitched halfway down the wicket and, his eyes ligthing up, Richards pulled it for four. The next ball pitched in much the same spot, with the same result: pulled for four. The third delivery was yet another long hop, but before Richards could complete his shot, the ball - a vicious top spinner - had clattered into his stumps.
Wasn’t it Daryll Cullinan who tried to humiliate every bowler he faced, but just couldn’t touch Warne? Drove him crazy, in the end Warne would give him straight balls for the pleasure of watching Cullinan miss them by miles.
I'm not the world's biggest cricket fan, though do love the occasional day watching it live with some friends.
Reading the posts on here has been really quite moving. It's remarkable just how much an outstanding sportsman like Shane Warne can mean to us. And Shane was without a shadow of a doubt an outstanding sportsman, and from what you've all said a wonderful human being.
Just waking up to the news here & shocking to have both Marsh & Warne gone in 24hrs. Given our close relationship with Aussie very few sports people get liked over here but Warne definitely a character that you couldn’t help but like even when he was being a dick. Bloody sad & definitely one of the greatest cricketers of my lifetime.
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