Brilliant story! Vividly recall watching Fowler and Gatting getting double tons ,and most importantly cane and lash at L.Sivaramakrishnan ,who had been their bogey man after his stupendous 12 fer at Bombay barely 18,that rattled the English in one of the earlier tests .By then LS had taken close to 20 wkts only to go wicketless at his home venue .It took some doing by this duo,as it dented" LS "no end as he was never ever the same again in his fleeting career given he may have developed the yips for some strange reason .That aside one cant forget the ton of Azharuddin ,his second in a row in that match,with a screamer of a headline that read "Mountain comes to Mohammed" by Robin Marlar of the Times i think,writing for the Hindu ,an Indian Broadsheet.
Essex's Neil Foster ran in from the pavilion end & scythed thru India with a 12 fer with his wiry frame and tall gangling action ,all arms that paved the path for the English to win the series 2-1 under Gower ,who himself didn't do too well along with Lamb ,as both seemed to be hemmed in by Spin ,like a latter day Robin Smith In 1993,unlike this duo of Fowler and Gatting , who charged at the spinners ,twinkle toed ,fast hands and with plenty of sweeps with the broom out.Wonderful memories of watching Test match cricket rewound in an instant by this graphic ,and facile prose,full of insights ,nous by the Author ,another Essex man. Thanks!
Nice piece. Hope you don’t mind if I correct your grammar, as you’re a journalist - it’s “Foxy, Cooky & I headed to a log cabin” not “Foxy, Cooky & me.”
Nice piece. Hope you don’t mind if I correct your grammar, as you’re a journalist - it’s “Foxy, Cooky & I headed to a log cabin” not “Foxy, Cooky & me.”
Brilliant story! Vividly recall watching Fowler and Gatting getting double tons ,and most importantly cane and lash at L.Sivaramakrishnan ,who had been their bogey man after his stupendous 12 fer at Bombay barely 18,that rattled the English in one of the earlier tests .By then LS had taken close to 20 wkts only to go wicketless at his home venue .It took some doing by this duo,as it dented" LS "no end as he was never ever the same again in his fleeting career given he may have developed the yips for some strange reason .That aside one cant forget the ton of Azharuddin ,his second in a row in that match,with a screamer of a headline that read "Mountain comes to Mohammed" by Robin Marlar of the Times i think,writing for the Hindu ,an Indian Broadsheet.
Essex's Neil Foster ran in from the pavilion end & scythed thru India with a 12 fer with his wiry frame and tall gangling action ,all arms that paved the path for the English to win the series 2-1 under Gower ,who himself didn't do too well along with Lamb ,as both seemed to be hemmed in by Spin ,like a latter day Robin Smith In 1993,unlike this duo of Fowler and Gatting , who charged at the spinners ,twinkle toed ,fast hands and with plenty of sweeps with the broom out.Wonderful memories of watching Test match cricket rewound in an instant by this graphic ,and facile prose,full of insights ,nous by the Author ,another Essex man. Thanks!
Bought back some great memories of listening to reports of how the team were doing. Foxy and Tim Robinson were two of my favourite openers in the 80s.
Enjoyable read. I remember listening to the Indian tour on the radio, during what was a cold winter.
Nice piece. Hope you don’t mind if I correct your grammar, as you’re a journalist - it’s “Foxy, Cooky & I headed to a log cabin” not “Foxy, Cooky & me.”
Nice piece. Hope you don’t mind if I correct your grammar, as you’re a journalist - it’s “Foxy, Cooky & I headed to a log cabin” not “Foxy, Cooky & me.”
Thanks, noted!
One of my early cricketing heroes. Never a dull moment when he was at the crease.
True - or next in to bat in the dressing room!