Sad to see the passing of one of England's most stylish batsmen, Ted Dexter, at the age of 86. He was scoring at T20 speeds before such things were heard of, and never just crude slogging.
Richard Greenhough ● 1887d4 Comments
He was slightly before my time as a batsman, but my old dad used to say he was a dasher amongst ditherers as a batter, or words to that effect, but that he didn't make the best decisions as a captain.KP is probably a kindred spirit,but without the panache.
Keith Iddon ● 1886d
He was a batsman of grace, courage and tremendous power (without the benefit of the heavier bats now often favoured). I have an abiding memory of Peter West exclaiming "Lordly!" after one of his rapier-thrust cover-drives.
Robert Fish ● 1886d
I went to Lords in Sept 1963 to the first Gillette Cup final. it was Sussex v Worcestershire. Sadly he scored only 3 that day but he captained his side to victory so was able to proudly raise the cup over his head. Looking at the scorecard other famous names playing were Jim Parks, (Tony?) Buss and John Snow for Sussex, and Tom Graveney, Norman Gifford and Ron Headley for Worcs. Ron Headley was son of the great George Headley one of the greatest West Indian batsmen ever and one of the greatest cricketers of all time. George has the 5th highest test batting average of all time. Ron's son is Dean Headley who played for England. There are very, very few instances of families with 3 successive generations of Test cricketers.
James Petri ● 1884d
He was an excellent golfer too, once halving a match against Gary Player, outdriving Player more often than not.
James Petri ● 1881d