Heroes & Villains

5 players I wish I'd seen live: -

1. Keith Miller
2. Tom Graveney
3. Frank Wooley
4. Wes Hall
5. Colin Bland


5 players I'm glad to have seen live: -

1. Clive Lloyd
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Shane Warne
4. Ian Botham
5. Dennis Lillee


5 innings I'm glad to have witnessed live: -

1. Aravinda de Silva's ton for Kent against Lancashire in a B&H final. (Kent lost)
2. Clive Lloyd, 132 v England at The Oval, 1972
3. Freddie Flintoff's ton at Trent Bridge against Australia, 2005.
4. Tresco's double ton against South Africa at The Oval
5. Steve Waugh scoring 150 in about two hours for Somerset in Canterbury Cricket Week, 1988.


5 cricketers I've loathed - for various reasons: -

1. Hershelle Gibbs
2. John Embuery
3. Jack Bond
4. Chappelli
5. Jonty Rhodes


If you have to have three commentators sharing the microphone at all times, as Channel 9 now seem to think, then these are the three I'd want when I finally get to the celestial test match arena: -

1. John Arlott
2. Richie Benaud
3. Mike Atherton


...and if these were the three I heard, I'd know I'd taken a wrong turn just before the Pearly Gates: -

1. Bob Willis
2. Bill Lawry
3. David Lloyd


The best catch I've ever seen live: -

1. Strauss catching Gilchrist off of Flintoff, Trent Bridge


The best/worst drop I've ever seen live: -

1. Lance Cairns dropping David Gower at Lords in the early 80's