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13 Mar 24
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Unbelievable!
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1.01 for £10,000!
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caught out on 99 at silly mid on...
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Did the jockey relax?
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He'd used up his 6 hits and rode hands and heels for last 6-7 strides and that's what cost him
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Don Bradman himself didn't quite reach a Test average of 100, only needed 4 in his last innings but was out for a Duck.
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That is quite incredible from 80 test innings, he must have been absolutely gutted....thanks sr, as I didn't know that.
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It's just crazy to have a 99.9 test average over that long a career
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In his last match, Bradman walked out for the last Test match of the 1948 Ashes series on 14 August 1948. This was the match he was dismissed for a second ball-duck. The biggest headline in this match was the fact that Bradman needed just four runs to reach an astonishing career average of 100 in Test cricket.
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No wonder he was so often spoken about in hushed tones of reverence.
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And bowled by an English leg spinner as well. From wikipedia.
Hollies was brought into the team because he had caused the Australian batsmen difficulty in the tour match against Warwickshire. He took 8/107 in the first innings, the best innings figures against the Australians for the summer. His performance included bowling Bradman with a topspinner that went between bat and pad. It was part of a month-long run in which he took 52 wickets in seven matches, including two ten-wicket match hauls.Young had taken 12 and 14 wickets in consecutive matches against Northamptonshire and Surrey since his omission following the Third Test, while Pollard and Laker had managed totals of only 2/159 and 3/206 respectively in the Headingley Test. |
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Bradman hardly ever hit 6s. He preferred to keep the ball on the ground. Some English batsmen ought to watch films of him.
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Don't encourage them salmon or we'll soon be having Bradball instead of Bazball
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After that 20/20 nonsense and other one day games it will be an education for them to watch.
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The 20/20 has a new name for traders thesedays sparrow , it's called the pension fund
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Eric Hollies' words, as the world rose to applaud Bradman back to the pavilion for the final time: "Best ball I've bowled all fookin' season, an' they're applaudin 'im!"
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Hadn't heard that one before, screaming.
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Bad enough watching it let alone betting on it, hayden. Still if they're making money....
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Edgbaston knew what it was doing when they named the Hollies Stand. His spirit lives on.
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I felt very old reading that wikipedia page and seeing Jim Laker's name who I saw playing in the 60s against Essex at Leyton.
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Remember Jim as a commentator sparrow but not as a player
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I'm a bit younger than you, sparrow, but I used to feel the same watching Fred Titmus at Lord's as late as 1980. This was a man who had played first class cricket in the 1940s. It was like watching a time traveller.
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I remember Titmus well and being around a hell of a long time.
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Did Freddie not lose some toes to frostbite?
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He lost some toes but not to frostbite as far as I can remember.
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Fred Titmus lost his toes whilst on tour when swimming in the sea off Barbados when his toes got caught by the propellor of a boat being driven by one of his teammates wifes. He played for England from his debut in mid 50s until the mid 70s, and through the 60s was just about our only decent spin bowler and a decent batsman as well.
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