I guess the early part certainly - was a bit before my time :)
Notice, I avoided the temptation to say "You know nothing. John Snow?"
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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.