Let's watch the great innings to kill time before the next series. Also, it should be great opportunity to improve our knowledge of cricket. (Feel free to open a Test one if necessary.)
Couple of points on the above video. 1) I love how relaxed his stance is! Shows that he is just out there to have a good game of cricket. Compare and contrast with our Ash-moni dua durod porte porte mukh kalo kore thake. Yet he's all smiles with no helmet one. 2) Uses his height to full advantage, it was almost watching Gayle or Sir Viv play.
Wifey's birthday and what a gift to give to her. Jaya at his absolute brutal best, all over the ground, wristy, great pull, dispatching loose deliveries....genius!
Originally Posted by Zeeshan
Couple of points on the above video. 1) I love how relaxed his stance is! Shows that he is just out there to have a good game of cricket. Compare and contrast with our Ash-moni dua durod porte porte mukh kalo kore thake. Yet he's all smiles with no helmet one. 2) Uses his height to full advantage, it was almost watching Gayle or Sir Viv play.
Nice thread Zee. Even though Gower is before my time too, I remember reading about how he exemplified lazy elegance. Your comparison with Ashraful is perhaps an apt one because by the end of his career it was clear that Gower never fully lived up to his potential....
Some really nice strokes in that video - the pulls to deep fine leg and the pick-up flicks to deep square leg.
If you grew up watching satellite TV in Bangladesh, you would have seen highlights of Gower's batting, tall, curly hair and wearing an open faced helmet. I started watching cricket in 1992 and I think he retired around that time. Probably one of the best that England has had from his generation. He's also a commentator and a decent one at that.
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I remember watching that innings live in Dhaka! Amazing, amazing game. Even though I was happy Asia won, I was gutted that Caddick didn't ground his bat.
Surprised that the 150+ by our very own has been omitted thus far. One of the very few instances that TI actually batted through most of the BD innings: