dons50 wrote:
John N wrote:
Some of these are all time greats, others just favourites
Colin Milburn - at his best, simply amazing. Remember him hitting Wes Hall for 6 into the top tier of the stand at Lords at about 20 past 6 on a gloomy evening after England had been in for around 10 mins.
Len Hutton - Yorkshire grit.
Viv Richards - nuff said.
Gary Sobers. - 1 batsman, 3 bowlers
Ken Barrington - the gutsiest batsman. Not stylish but incredibly hard to get out.
Ian Botham - world class bowler. Wonderful forcing batsman.
Richard Hadlee - another world class all rounder
Godfrey Evans - wicket keeper extraordinaire and VERY big hitter
Malcolm Marshall - pace!
Jim Laker - 19 wickets in one test match. Incomparable off spinner
Sam Cook - Gloucester slow left armer. Only played once for England but was still playing at the age of 50 for county. Wonderful guile, control and accuracy. I saw him limit Nril Harvey to 20 runs all afternoon on flat pitch at Bristol and get him in the end. Best spell of spin bowling I have ever seen. Also probably the worst batsman in the world!
Wow John, you’re even older than me.
Some great cricketers in that list.
I never saw him but would add my Dad’s hero, Denis Compton. I spent many happy hours talking to him about Compton. Sadly, Alzheimer’s means those conversations are now long gone.
Sorry about your Dad!
I'm 75 unfortunately.
Compton was a great player. And he advertised Brylcreem. Every man wore Brylcreem then. And you could get a little bit from a machine to put on after you'd been to the swimming baths!
They reckoned Cook had done his own version of the 'double' if he got 100 wickets and 100 runs in a season!!
Another Gloucester player, Arthur Milton, would be on a list of the most boring cricketers ever. He once scored a century at Old Trafford without a single boundary in it!
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