Cricket Thread

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Dooogs Jul 2021 8:23pm, 27 Jul 2021 6,965 posts	0 Dooogs Eeek - people younger than my parents are starting to die off. I don't remember Hendrick live, but I do remember him, Lever, Tavare, etc from the 80s BBC showing lots of 70s Test highlights on a wet afternoon...
Ocelot Spleens Jul 2021 8:40pm, 27 Jul 2021 31,499 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I remember watching him on telly, he struck me as very accurate, a bugger to bat against, always got 4 wickets but not 5 and a a pretty decent bloke.
Dooogs Jul 2021 9:03pm, 27 Jul 2021 6,974 posts	0 Dooogs If I'm asked to remember cricket in the late 80s, I should remember Miandad and Hadlee on tour here, Gatting and Gower, the summer of four captains, the declining Botham... ... but no, the image that comes to mind is Tony Lewis on BBC2: "It's pissing down at Trent Bridge: here's Chris Old and Mike Hendrick bowling to a pair of Chappells".
ThorntonRunner Jul 2021 10:18pm, 27 Jul 2021 5,145 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Just found this on Twitter: twitter.com
Ocelot Spleens Jul 2021 10:21pm, 27 Jul 2021 31,502 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens That's a great photo.
TROSaracen Jul 2021 10:29pm, 27 Jul 2021 23,651 posts	0 TROSaracen Did Geoff get a round in? #nochance
Nicholls595 Jul 2021 8:00am, 28 Jul 2021 25,285 posts	0 Nicholls595 Great photo, but shit it made me feel old
Ocelot Spleens Jul 2021 8:22am, 28 Jul 2021 31,503 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens That's because we are getting there!
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jul 2021 1:35pm, 28 Jul 2021 7,497 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain That photo is pretty much the England team I remember best. Don't think I ever saw a bowler with a more rhythmical, repeatable action than Mike Hendrick.
TROSaracen Jul 2021 2:16pm, 28 Jul 2021 23,652 posts	0 TROSaracen Hadlee?