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..his first ball was a three-quarter-pace loosener which nevertheless rapped Boycott on the gloves and dropped just short of the slips. Each succeeding ball after that was quicker than the previous one. The second beat Boycott outside the off stump...
and the third cut back and struck him on the inside of his right thigh. The fourth and fifth both hurried Boycott, but he just about managed to keep them out....
Then came the final ball, the coup de grace, delivered at a fearsome pace, which was pitched up and sent his off stump cartwheeling almost 20 yards as he desperately and belatedly brought his bat down.
"... after a momentary silence, the crowd erupted. "Boycott looked round," observed Keating.... his mouth gaped and he tottered as if he'd seen the Devil himself. Then slowly he walked away, erect and brave and beaten."
..he glanced towards theEngland dressing-room and saw Chris Old "with his mouth wide open ... he too had the look of a man who had seen a monster".
My favourite fast bowler, Micheal Holding, is 67 today....
My favourite fast bowler, Micheal Holding, is 67 today....
