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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2020 18:49:06 GMT
South Africa off to Pakistan next year
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Post by Admin on Dec 26, 2020 8:19:37 GMT
John Edrich, the former England opener, dies aged 83 Edrich played 77 Tests between 1963 and 1976, most often as a fearless left-handed opener
John Edrich, the former England batsman who was renowned as one of the world's doughtiest players of fast bowling, has died at the age of 83. He died of natural causes on December 23, at his house in north Scotland.
Edrich played 77 Tests between 1963 and 1976, most often as a fearless left-handed opener, scoring 5138 runs at 43.54, and just shy of 40,000 in a first-class career for Surrey that spanned 23 seasons.
His finest hour arguably came during Ray Illingworth's triumphant Ashes tour of 1970-71, when his haul of 648 runs at 72.00, including two hundreds, were instrumental in England's 2-0 series win. All told, he made 12 Test hundreds and 24 fifties, including a career-best 310 not out against New Zealand at Headingley in 1965
"With John's passing, we've lost a prolific and fearless batsman - one of the select few who have scored more than 5,000 runs for England," ECB CEO Tom Harrison said in a statement. "His duels with some of the world's best fast bowlers were legendary, and it's a testament to his ability that his 310 not out against New Zealand in 1965 remains the fifth highest Test score by an English batsman. He will be sadly missed, and our thoughts are with his family and friends."
At Sydney in 1974-75, Edrich captained England in a one-off capacity, standing in for Mike Denness, who dropped himself in the midst of a torrid run of form.
Edrich also played a starring role in the first-ever one-day international, at Melbourne in 1970-71, scoring the first boundary in the format, as well as the first half-century, and even claimed the first Player-of-the-Match award for his innings of 82 from 119 balls. However, he could not prevent Australia from taking the first victory, by five wickets.
Edrich's Test career ended where it began, against West Indies at Old Trafford in 1976, when at the age of 39, he and Brian Close stood firm on the third evening as Michael Holding delivered one of the most ferocious spells of fast bowling of all time.
Thirteen years earlier, it had been Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith testing Edrich's mettle at the same venue, while in between whiles he came up against a litany of greats, including South Africa's Peter Pollock, who knocked him cold with a bouncer at Lord's in 1965, and Dennis Lillee, who left him with two broken ribs after pinning him with a bouncer on the 1974-75 tour.
Edrich hailed from a famous Norfolk cricketing family - his cousin Bill played 39 Tests between 1938 and 1955, while three other cousins also played at county level. In 1958, he made his county debut at the age of 21 in a champion Surrey side that was heading for its seventh consecutive title. It was an inauspicious first match - Surrey were bowled out for 57 in the fourth innings as Edrich arrived at the crease at 7 for 3, but he proved his stomach for the fight with an unbeaten 24.
In retirement, Edrich moved to Aberdeenshire but remained a grandee of the game, serving as president of Surrey in 2006. In 2000, at the age of 63, he was diagnosed with leukaemia and given seven years to live but overcame the disease to endure for another two decades.
Former England seamer Robin Jackman, who took 1,402 first-class wickets at an average of 22, has died aged 75.
He played four Tests in the twilight of his career, taking 14 wickets with a best of 4-110, and was a respected commentator after retiring as a player.
His 11 winters coaching and playing in apartheid South Africa led to a Test in West Indies being cancelled in 1980-81.
The Guyana government withheld his visa and as a result England's management decided not to play the Test.
Jackman finally made his Test debut at the age of 35 later in the tour, with Gordon Greenidge his first wicket as he took 3-65 in Barbados.
Born in India but brought up in England, Jackman also played in 15 one-day internationals for England over the course of nine years, taking 19 wickets.
He made his debut for Surrey in 1966 and played for the county for 16 years, taking 50 wickets or more for nine successive seasons.
Jackman also played for Western Province in 1971-72 as well as Rhodesia - before it was recognised by the International Cricket Council as Zimbabwe - between 1972-73 and 1979-80.
After retiring he became a familiar and highly regarded voice on South African television coverage of the game.
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Post by Admin on Dec 29, 2020 18:44:48 GMT
India v England Series to be televised on the Disney channel
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Post by Admin on Jan 2, 2021 11:51:36 GMT
Sourav Ganguly has had a heart attack
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Post by lancsdes on Jan 2, 2021 13:04:57 GMT
Lots of well wishing messages apparently. Wonder how many from the 2000 Lancashire dressing room?
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Post by Admin on Jan 3, 2021 8:29:21 GMT
Lots of well wishing messages apparently. Wonder how many from the 2000 Lancashire dressing room? Probably all was not overly popular
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Post by lancsdes on Jan 4, 2021 20:47:22 GMT
Yes, I remember Flintoff contrasting him with Murali whom they all loved
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Post by Admin on Jan 7, 2021 18:34:08 GMT
Ganguly leaves hospital
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Post by Admin on Feb 8, 2021 8:58:36 GMT
Bruce Taylor 77 New Zealand all rounder has died
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Post by Admin on Mar 2, 2021 7:37:18 GMT
Just a heads up there is free to air Test Cricket on Free Sports Channel 42 on Sky, they are showing Afghanistan v Zimbabwe Test live
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Post by Admin on Mar 6, 2021 7:34:23 GMT
In the 20/20 International between West Indies and Sri Lanka, one Sri Lankan bowler got a hat trick and was also hit for 6 x 6 in one over
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Post by Admin on Mar 9, 2021 19:49:30 GMT
Joey Benjamin died aged 60
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Post by Admin on Mar 15, 2021 7:54:19 GMT
Phil De Freitas has had Covid for 4 weeks
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Post by Admin on Mar 19, 2021 14:02:00 GMT
Somerset plaaying a 2 day friendly against Worcester started yesterday, some friendlies next week as well
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Post by lancsdes on Mar 19, 2021 21:24:26 GMT
“Joey Benjamin died aged 60” Only just seen that ; am sad about that. RIP
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