Bob Willis gone

[Luis Anaconda]

I always think of John Snow as being our main quick in the 70s Lillee-Thompson era.

I guess the early part certainly - was a bit before my time

Notice, I avoided the temptation to say "You know nothing. John Snow?"

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

hmm - Willis actually made his Test debut before Lillee and Thomson, and the career's kind of run concurrently - so we always had one threat to match theirs (though Willis's knackered knees meant he missed a couple of seasons in the mod 70s when the other duo were in their pomp). His Ashes record was phenomenal. Also a big fan of Curtley but Marshall was the best ever quick I've seen

The spell with his arm in plaster was cricket sex.

Born in'71, the first ashes I remember was '81. But from say '78/9 onwards, as I became interested in sport, I heard folk tales about the dastardly Aussie quicks. Yet in '81, it was him ripping through the Convicts.

I chose Curtley over Marshall on the grounds of the hand celebration and having a cooler, more West Indian sounding Christian name. These things mattered to me, given I couldn't play the game in the slightest.