Saw him in the World Cup Final in 83

and still think to this day that Gavaskar threw his wicket away because he thought Marshall would kill him. From years of sitting in the Mound Stand at Lords Marshall was the only bowler I could never pick up he was that quick.

Posted By: Chicken on June 6th 2020 at 21:56:51

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Well I didn't know chris Broad played in this match. He was a decent player, (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 6, 18:50:48
- Bloody hell! I didn't know this was the Don Topley 'catch' match. (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Jun 6, 20:16:02
- My favourite cricketer of all time (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 19:02:58
  - Saw him in the World Cup Final in 83 (General Chat) - Chicken, Jun 6, 21:56:51
  - Right up there for me too (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 19:26:04
    - I saw him at Trent Bridge, 88 I think (General Chat) - Huge Small, Jun 6, 20:37:36
    - I first saw him close to (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 19:59:07
      - Never saw Richards bat or Roberts bowl (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 21:09:33
        
        Looking at the scorecard, Roberts took 8 wickets in that Headingly match (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 21:40:12
        
        For some reason we only went for that one day (n/m) (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 21:52:37
        
        It was said that Sainsbury spun the ball his first season and never again (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 21:30:49
        
        That's why I wish I'd seen him play (n/m) (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 21:38:02
      - I don't remeber seeing him bowl in a test match. Greenidge and Richards batting I did see (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 21:06:07
        
        And I spent a significant chunk of my teems and 20s at Dean Park (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 21:07:47
    - What did you think of Barry Richards? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 6, 19:28:54
      - So my first Hampshire match (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 20:21:19
        
        And AME Roberts? (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 20:54:57
      - When he published a book a few years ago he said he hoped he had entertained people (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 19:39:45
  - Well,I remember when he came out and batted against one (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 6, 19:18:39
    - And it was quite nice to see Clive Lloyd batting too, (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 6, 19:23:14

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