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Wriggling Snake Sep 2020 2:24pm, 25 Sep 2020 28,358 posts	0 Wriggling Snake watching Leach blowing into his hands to try and keep them warm.....
NDWDave Sep 2020 2:40pm, 25 Sep 2020 12,717 posts	0 NDWDave The Gary Pratt/Ponting run out ranks higher for me than it should
Wriggling Snake Sep 2020 2:58pm, 25 Sep 2020 28,361 posts	0 Wriggling Snake yes, that was quite good....
Wriggling Snake Sep 2020 3:00pm, 25 Sep 2020 28,362 posts	0 Wriggling Snake I have another. Not on telly but it sticks in my head. headingly, 1984 v WI, West Stand, Gower dropped a catch off of Pringle. Some wit shouted rather vehemently, 'You soft Southern bastards'
Chrisity Sep 2020 4:30pm, 25 Sep 2020 18,153 posts	0 Chrisity Being invited into the headmaster's office when i was 10, expecting a telling off for some misdemeanour or even a caning. Instead he told me to take a chair and we watched Fred Trueman take 7 - 91 v West Indies. (i'd taken my entrance exams for grammar school by then and so wasn't doing much academically). espncricinfo.com
Oscar the Grouch Sep 2020 4:57pm, 25 Sep 2020 1,922 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Genuine question... was Fred Trueman as good as he said he was?
GregP Sep 2020 5:09pm, 25 Sep 2020 122,787 posts	0 GregP According to my late father, yes.
GregP Sep 2020 5:11pm, 25 Sep 2020 122,788 posts	0 GregP Dad was always a fan of a paceman with his tail up. He loved Bob Willis too, and perhaps surprisingly John Snow.
Chrisity Sep 2020 5:17pm, 25 Sep 2020 18,154 posts	0 Chrisity Yes Oscar, and that from a Lancastrian who resented him as he only gave his autograph to the lad who carried his bag from his car to the pavillion. (Maybe he only did that at Old Trafford).
TRO Saracen Sep 2020 5:27pm, 25 Sep 2020 22,027 posts	0 TRO Saracen Well Trueman was rubbish playing for the Warden’s XI vs Walmington Home guard....