Cricket

[charlton66]

how was he? Heard from my dad that he was awesome

Always remember Farokh for his dashing style. Lancashire were the kings of 1 day cricket in the late 60s and early 70s and Engineer was a big part of that. He would have fit right in as far as cricket today is concerned. He was also no slouch behind the stumps and was a part of the Rest of the World team that played England in 1970. That was the first "test" series I actually remember watching. It is funny the things that stick in your head, but the standout memory from that series was that Eddie Barlow wore glasses. Ha ha!

 

[Bondi77]

I have watched cricket off and on over the years and I have to say the two I enjoyed watching the most have been Lara and Warnie.....Wasim was great to watch in full flight as well.

 

[zing]

I really don't like how overrated Matthew Hayden is.

He's basically the Australian Virender Sehwag. Absolute monster on flat tracks, the moment there's swing/seam he's a sitting duck.

Averages 34 in England, 34 in South Africa, 27 in New Zealand.

Too big a hole to be considered an all time great.

Didn't realise this

 

[jungledrums]

I really don't like how overrated Matthew Hayden is.

He's basically the Australian Virender Sehwag. Absolute monster on flat tracks, the moment there's swing/seam he's a sitting duck.

Averages 34 in England, 34 in South Africa, 27 in New Zealand.

Too big a hole to be considered an all time great.

Also had a fabulous average in India and the West Indies (a harder proposition back then, let’s remember), and a good average in Sri Lanka. So his away record wasn’t all bad.