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Wriggling Snake Mar 2016 9:05am, 4 Mar 2016 11,285 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Wasn't Harry Pilling 4'6"?
Ceratonia Mar 2016 9:27am, 4 Mar 2016 3,206 posts	0 Ceratonia Harry Pilling was a distant relative of mine (I think he was a couple of inches over 5 foot) and Clive Lloyd was one of my childhood heroes, so good choices
Chrisity Mar 2016 8:08pm, 4 Mar 2016 14,460 posts	0 Chrisity +5' 2" if my memory serves. I remember Clive Lloyd, who had about a 2 yard stride, being asked if he found it a problem batting with Harry - his reply was something along the lines that yes, he was worried about treading on him.
Chrisity Mar 2016 8:12pm, 4 Mar 2016 14,461 posts	0 Chrisity theguardian.com gettyimages.co.uk for those young 'uns who don't know who he was (5'3", i stand corrected)
57.5 Degrees of Pain Mar 2016 8:27pm, 4 Mar 2016 2,854 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain I saw Martin Crowe score a ton in Zimbabwe. I know not many people can say that as the crowd was on the non-existant side of sparse. Didn't see a lot of cricket in the flesh living in Scotland, the US and Malawi for most of my life. Michael Holding on the bowling side, David Gower or Mark Waugh for classy batting. Saw Sachin once when I lived in the Caribbean but was so drunk (trying to match the rum swilling locals with my bottle of whisky) I don't remember much. Bowled against a few 1st class players which was an education. And once avoided facing a swift West Indian pro, at No. 11 I had no qualms about stepping on the umpires toes as I backed away from the ball but my last wicket partner didn't last long enough to allow me the 'pleasure'.
timaru Mar 2016 8:45pm, 6 Mar 2016 456 posts	0 timaru Saw Martin Crowe a couple of months ago at a test here,. Was wandering around talking to the crowd.
Scorge Mar 2016 3:36pm, 8 Mar 2016 178 posts	0 Scorge Scotland in 'mediocre bowling' shock. would have taken a 150/160 chase, but Afghanistan have got too much I fancy. the wait goes on...
Scorge Mar 2016 4:57pm, 9 Mar 2016 180 posts	0 Scorge (not only do we not have any bowling, but we only had two batsmen yesterday. rubbish.)
Wriggling Snake Mar 2016 6:03pm, 9 Mar 2016 11,327 posts	0 Wriggling Snake It lookeda bit pants but don't under estimate Afghanistan, they love it.
Nicholls595 Mar 2016 7:50am, 16 Mar 2016 2,749 posts	0 Nicholls595 I thought India were supposed to be good at Twenty20?