Marcus60s70s80sCricket Amit Gupta Prasanna's sleight of hand has successfully lured one of the game's finest chroniclers back to the Twitter fold from an extended hibernation. Welcome back, Marcus !
Nimish Dubey Marcus60s70s80sCricket James Wilson Martin Chandler Craig Nelson Tony Steele Gar lamb Jose Puliampatta (Prof. Bala) That shot is etched in memory. That was Srikkanth square driving Roberts on one knee. Unfortunately during those times multi angle multiple replays were not there.
James Wilson Marcus60s70s80sCricket Pushkar Singh Imagine taking guard against Croft and Clarke, knowing that this somehow wasn't even the first XI
Vijay Lokapally 🇮🇳 Nimish Dubey Marcus60s70s80sCricket James Wilson Martin Chandler Craig Nelson Tony Steele Gar lamb Jose Puliampatta (Prof. Bala) Was that a cover drive or the square drive? The square drive has now disappeared from the game! Alas!
Marcus60s70s80sCricket Harjoth Singh Pushkar Singh Hi Marcus, good to see you back here, hope all is well. Yes the WI had such an embarrassment of riches then that all sorts of players missed out - which is one reason why many joined the rebel tour of course.
Nimish Dubey Marcus60s70s80sCricket James Wilson Martin Chandler Craig Nelson Tony Steele Gar lamb Jose Puliampatta (Prof. Bala) Such a lovely shot; incredibly difficult to play.
Marcus60s70s80sCricket Pushkar Singh Garner 11M, 45W at 25.38, 56.98 SR
Croft 6M, 23W at 32.13, 67.74 SR
Roberts 10M, 39W at 27.03, 58 SR
Easy Rider Marcus60s70s80sCricket James Wilson Martin Chandler Craig Nelson Tony Steele Gar lamb Jose Puliampatta (Prof. Bala) Against Andy Roberts. I mean, I can only think of Vishwanath being able to do something like that.
Marcus60s70s80sCricket Pushkar Singh Agree, peak 70s. Some remarkable feats along the way. My goodness
Nimish Dubey Marcus60s70s80sCricket James Wilson Martin Chandler Craig Nelson Tony Steele Gar lamb Jose Puliampatta (Prof. Bala) Not to forget the 4 & the 6 off the same bowler, both off hooks! Not to forget also, Benaud's famous comment when the 1st hook was executed which went for 4. He said : 'That was Roberts' slower bouncer; he must be wary of his quicker bouncer.' The quicker bouncer went for 6!
Easy Rider Marcus60s70s80sCricket James Wilson Martin Chandler Craig Nelson Tony Steele Gar lamb Jose Puliampatta (Prof. Bala) Ah, not so sure if he would venture out on the front foot against Roberts. Did tend to hang back against pace. But heavens, not for want of skill!
Marcus60s70s80sCricket Amit Gupta With a broader shiny scalp than most senior citizens, I'm always primed to steal anybody's thunder :)
Noobmaster69 Marcus60s70s80sCricket Croft’s record suffer because of a poor 1981/82 tour. It’s his last series. He went to SA outwards. Roberts also had a poor 1981/82 tour by his standards. He’s injured. He soon retired.