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Honeybadg:
... aside ... I was thinking about Pat Pocock (another great Welsh/English cricketer) ... apparently he took 6-79 vs Australia in 1968 and got dropped ... enter Monty P ...
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Honeybadg:
--- Quote from: Mikeyboy9361 on July 10, 2009, 16:07:32 PM ---
Yep there is a Welsh cricket team, I have played against them in the Minor Counties competition a few years ago. I was playing for Cumberland in the one day MCC trophy, and we won!
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Did you live in Cumberland?
My house in Scotland is in Dumfries and Galloway.
Aside in 1086 (Domesday Book) most of Cumberland in Scotland!
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Mikeyboy9361:
I actually live on the Yorkshire/ Lancashire border, but was playing cricket as club professional in the Lancashire Leagues around Bolton mainly, and also played a bit for Worcestershire CCC, so when that finished I ended up playing at Cumberland for 10 years. It was great fun, good cricket, good craic, and met and played with and against some of my heroes, including Derek Randall, Graham Gooch,David Lloyd, Mike Gatting, Mark Waugh, Phil Simmons, and Eldine Baptiste to name a few.
Honeybadg:
--- Quote from: Mikeyboy9361 on July 10, 2009, 16:43:12 PM ---
I actually live on the Yorkshire/ Lancashire border, but was playing cricket as club professional in the Lancashire Leagues around Bolton mainly, and also played a bit for Worcestershire CCC, so when that finished I ended up playing at Cumberland for 10 years. It was great fun, good cricket, good craic, and met and played with and against some of my heroes, including Derek Randall, Graham Gooch,David Lloyd, Mike Gatting, Mark Waugh, Phil Simmons, and Eldine Baptiste to name a few.
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Nice Hall of Fame!
Eldine Baptiste ... forgot about him ... "quick!" (Played 10 tests - won them all!)
Funny the way these names bring back the memories ... Mike Gatting especially ... his famous black eye in "84 (via Malcolm Marshall) ... Shakoor Rana and then the intro of Shane Warne to test cricket ...
I loved watching Malcolm Marshall bowl ... terrible that he died so young ... bizarre that he played for Scotland in 1995!
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Mikeyboy9361:
The West Indian quicks were awesome, I fancied myself as a bit of a Michael Holding, but was actually built more like Marshall. Marshall was incredible, as he got older he learnt the art of bowling, and became a master of swing and seam, as well as bowling the skiddiest bouncer in world cricket!
Then there was Joel, Curtley, Wayne, Colin, Andy, Patrick, Ian, Winston,Sylvester, and Courtney to name a few. Wow how good were they!
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