Bob Willis gone

[PSRB]

Genuinely quite upset about that, even though he was a miserable sod

[Luis Anaconda]

Genuinely quite upset about that, even though he was a miserable sod

Me too - was my favourite bowler when I was young. Will never forget my mum waiting at the top of our drive when I got home from school waiting to tell me that England had somehow won that Test. Had the framed scorecard from the Daily Express with a big cartoon of Bob in full flow :(

[Ash]

RIP Gloomy Bob :-(

The Cricket Debate will not be the same.

[Luis Anaconda]

RIP Gloomy Bob :-(

The Cricket Debate will not be the same.

:nod: I would also add that the persona on Sky was mostly an act. Know people who had the pleasure of drinking with him and all said he was great company

[barrybueno]

Genuinely quite upset about that, even though he was a miserable sod

Oh man me too, that a big one rip

[redgunamo]

Seen. RIP, Bob.



Oh man me too, that a big one rip

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

Me too - was my favourite bowler when I was young. Will never forget my mum waiting at the top of our drive when I got home from school waiting to tell me that England had somehow won that Test. Had the framed scorecard from the Daily Express with a big cartoon of Bob in full flow :(

He was the fave bowler of everyone of our generation, though. The run up from the boundary, the arm swinging violently behind the back, the flowing locks.

Having grown up hearing terror stories of Lillie and Thommo, now we had a white quick doing it to them.

Curtley's still my all time fave, though. That thing he did with his hands after taking a wicket. Honourable mention to Lasith's yorker.

[Ash]

He was the fave bowler of everyone of our generation, though. The run up from the boundary, the arm swinging violently behind the back, the flowing locks.


And the bobbing head.

[Luis Anaconda]

He was the fave bowler of everyone of our generation, though. The run up from the boundary, the arm swinging violently behind the back, the flowing locks.

Having grown up hearing terror stories of Lillie and Thommo, now we had a white quick doing it to them.

Curtley's still my all time fave, though. That thing he did with his hands after taking a wicket. Honourable mention to Lasith's yorker.

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

[Ash]

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

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

[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.