Great images in cricket.

[craffles]

I guess the good thing is noone is making you use their bats so you won't have to use another one.

Yep but I was disappointed as really wanted to support local and an iconic brand. Will have to try another local bat brand next.

 

[The hands of stone]

Yep but I was disappointed as really wanted to support local and an iconic brand. Will have to try another local bat brand next.

That's fair enough .
You can get some lemons with any brand. Ive never had a really good GN but had teamates who wouldn't use anything else .

My best ever bat didnt look the best , crooked but tight grains and a bit blemished ( Younis Khan knocked it back ) Had perfect looking ones that were only OK.

It can be a raffle unfortunately .

 

[craffles]

That's fair enough .
You can get some lemons with any brand. Ive never had a really good GN but had teamates who wouldn't use anything else .

My best ever bat didnt look the best , crooked but tight grains and a bit blemished ( Younis Khan knocked it back ) Had perfect looking ones that were only OK.

It can be a raffle unfortunately .

Fair point, the nature of working with natural products like English willow

 

[troybe]

Bavuma smacking a 6 during his century last week

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Jack Russell in 1990, getting ready to face Patterson, Bishop, Marshall and Walsh

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[Gough]

Jack Hobbs on his 80th birthday.

 

[Rabish Binney]

Don't do that son!!!!

 

[010203]

Ashwin mankading Jos Buttler

 

[gordo2016]

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Boxing Day 1975 vs West Indies

 

[troybe]

Pat Cummins bowling in the World Cup final in front of all his children

 

[Jimthegreat]

To go back to the last Test, there's a super close up of the Smith catch.

Shows never to rely on 2D cameras posted from outside the ground.

 

[Rabish Binney]

Boxing Day 1975 vs West Indies

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Adelaide Oval. 1932/33 Bodyline Test

Wonder if you could sneak a couple of long necks in......

 

[Rabish Binney]

Harold Larwood

The slow-mo. of his action (beginning at 00:15) is amazing. All shoulder

Think they said he bowled at around 90 mph?

 

[Rabish Binney]

Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson

 

[ioppolo]

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Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson

It's a shame few accurate reports of his bowling speed exist. Was reportedly super quick for his time and would love to know what that actually is.

 

[sherb]

This isn't a "great image" as such, but I came across it on FB where the page was asking for names to be put on it, I thought I would run it past the old-timers here.

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Gilmour (2nd), possibly Bruce Francis (1st), possibly Taber (keeper). If Gilmour/Francis are in the pic, it's NSW in either 71/72 or 72/73. It can't be England 72, as Francis/Taber went but Gilmour didn't.

Batsman looks a bit like Chappelli, but, if so, as it would be a state match, I'm not sure that's the right colour for a SA cap back then.

 

[Gough]

This isn't a "great image" as such, but I came across it on FB where the page was asking for names to be put on it, I thought I would run it past the old-timers here.

B&W and colourized versions appear below.

Gilmour (2nd), possibly Bruce Francis (1st), possibly Taber (keeper). If Gilmour/Francis are in the pic, it's NSW in either 71/72 or 72/73. It can't be England 72, as Francis went but Gilmour didn't.

Batsman looks a bit like Chappelli, but, if so, as it would be a state match, I'm not sure that's the right colour for a SA cap back then.

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South Australia did wear blue caps, I'm not sure when they changed to red but that sounds something that would have happened for colour television so your time frame is probably right.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Adelaide Oval. 1932/33 Bodyline Test

Wonder if you could sneak a couple of long necks in......

Those days they restricted you to 24 cans. Suppose a couple of long necks might have found their way in.

Used to be unlimited beer. I remember the outcry when they capped it at "only" 24 cans...haha.

 

[PhatBoy]

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Jeff Thomson at the Gabba, 1975. Lawrence Rowe not backing up too far!

‘Yagga’ hit a century this test. Incredibly underappreciated player

 

[Gough]

‘Yagga’ hit a century this test. Incredibly underappreciated player

Leading the rebel side has overshadowed everything, they named the pavilion at Sabina Park after him in 2011 only for it to be revoked a month or so later because of the uproar.

 

[PhatBoy]

Leading the rebel side has overshadowed everything, they named the pavilion at Sabina Park after him in 2011 only for it to be revoked a month or so later because of the uproar.

Yep it’s only now I’m noticing on some fan pages on social media etc that sentiment is turning back towards him - and others - and starting to let it go

 

[Gough]

Yep it’s only now I’m noticing on some fan pages on social media etc that sentiment is turning back towards him - and others - and starting to let it go

I was talking to my mate's niece at the cricket about rebel tours and Apartheid more generally in the 1980s and that period barely registers with her generation. Maybe if they paid a bit more attention we wouldn't have an Apartheid nepo kid trying to impose his will on the world.