01-18-2024, 09:53 PM
(01-18-2024, 09:08 PM)Baggers link Wrote:Wow, so many impressive names; champs.
I confess to having lost a lot of interest in cricket over the past decade, or two. Kind of coincided with the decline of the West Indies.
The fast bowlers I loved watching, not only for talent but also for uniqueness of character: Lillee, Holding, Steyn and Hadlee. I'd give a special mention to Rodney Hogg, he had the knack of holding down an end and frustrating batsmen into taking risks against whoever bowled at the other end!
Forgot about Hogg. If I remember correctly, it was Rodney who screamed as he ran in to bowl to Derek Randall, “I’ll knock your f…..g head off, you f…..g Pommy c..t!”
He certainly had the gift of the gab ?
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball