Leach is doing a good job marshalling the tail and keeping them off strikeOriginally Posted by PSRB
Awful shot from Burns
Only four-eyes I can recall was David Steele - but he was middle order I think (can remember hearing off him not quite old enough to have seen him play). Tavare may have worn glasses - didn't stop him not playing his shots though. Wouldn't mind one of his kind today tbh
I know Sir Geoffrey wore specs for his early tests - before he discovered contacts.
We'll see if my fellow Old Whitgiftian Roy can do a slightly better impression of a test match batsman today.
Yes - I can remember pictures of that
Seems only to be scoring in boundaries
He just goes far too hard at the ball. He's playing miles in front of his front pad. If I didn't know he'd grown up playing his cricket in this country, I'd assume he was an Aussie or a Saffer.
Well he was a saffer til he was 12 - and will be again when he gets out. Also plays at the Oval - might have something to do with it
I think he came here when he was 10, to be fair. You're right about the Oval, though. Also, the main wicket at Whitgift was always a road as well. Gorgeous to bat on, it was. And a nice short boundary to the bank. Had some very pleasant knocks on there.
Yeah - you're right. He was 10, Stokes was 12. Roy does have some lovely shots though, by no means just a basher. If Thorpe can get his head/hands right he can be goodI think he came here when he was 10, to be fair. You're right about the Oval, though. Also, the main wicket at Whitgift was always a road as well. Gorgeous to bat on, it was. And a nice short boundary to the bank. Had some very pleasant knocks on there.
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