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Harsha may be a good commentator but he is often too full of himself. His IIM MBA fuelled hubris shows itself all too often and is rather annoying. The fact that he hasn t played anything besides street cricket also runs against him. For me one can t comment on a game unless one has played it at the highest level.
I remember a television discussion featuring Harsha and MAK Pataudi some years ago (It was possibly just after India s exit from the 2007 WC after India lost to Bangladesh). Harsha was breathing fire on Rahul Dravid, going to the point of suggesting that he should stop playing ODIs and stick to test cricket. To this MAK calmly asked, And how many tests have you played, Harsha? . I can still pay to see Harsha s face when he heard this! It was hilarious! Old MAK sure did know how to puncture hot air balloons
Pause, rewind, play: Michael Holding, Geoffrey Boycott and the greatest over ever bowled’
In the 1981 Bridgetown Test, Holding bowled six perfect balls before ending Boycott’s ordeal in such a striking manner that it ended up immortalising the over. File photo of Michael Holding | Screenshot / Cricket Australia
For years [Andy] Roberts opened the bowling, followed by [Michael] Holding. Then, one day in 1981, in a Test against England at Bridgetown in Barbados, captain Clive Lloyd told Holding his time had come.
“Which end do you want to bowl from?” he asked.
“Whichever end Andy doesn’t want,” replied Holding, who did not believe the time had come.
Robin Jackman, Surrey and England bowler held back by links with South Africa – obituary
He played in four Tests but was served with a deportation order in Guyana during England’s 1980-81 tour of West Indies
Robin Jackman
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Robin Jackman, who has died aged 75, was an accurate and bustling fast-medium bowler who was unlucky not to play in more than four Test matches; he had a lengthy and consistent career with Surrey, helping them to win the County Championship in 1971.
When, a decade later, he finally joined an England tour party, he became embroiled in a row with the government of Guyana over his links with South Africa.