04-05-2022, 15:59
Warwick 4 dayer OT starts 5/5/2022
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A black and white photo not sure of date, anorak fact the first time I saw Lancashire was a Gillette Cup match against Warwickshire at Old Trafford in 1964
Seen this guy before
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Taken from the Warwickshire site
Rewind: Lancashire v Warwickshire, 1972
It is the opinion of no less a judge than the great MJK Smith that Rohan Kanhai is up there with Brian Lara as the greatest batter ever to play for Warwickshire.
Both were touched by genius and one factor with which Lara did not have to deal, which Kanhai did throughout his Bears career (1968-77) was uncovered pitches.
Wet wickets made batting significantly more difficult, offering bowlers all sorts of help and requiring the greatest skill from batters. These were conditions that brought the best out of Kanhai, some of whose greatest innings were played when batting was at its most testing. The Bears’ championship visit to Old Trafford to face Lancashire in 1972 was a classic example.
There had been, unusually for Manchester, rain around and the pitch was damp and green. Batting was tricky, as the Red Rose discovered when they went in first and scored 181.
Kanhai then made 199 – one of the finest individual innings ever played for Warwickshire.
A strong Lancashire batting side, including Clive Lloyd. David Lloyd, Barry Wood and Farokh Engineer, was bowled out in 62.1 overs as Steve Rouse took five for 47 (his maiden five-for) and Norman McVicker three for 48. The ball was doing plenty, as John Whitehouse soon discovered when Ken Shuttleworth sent it on to his stumps.
That brought Kanhai to the crease and the masterclass began.
Shuttleworth, Peter Lever and Peter Lee were a strong pace trio, backed up by the medium-paced bananas of Wood and the wily spin of Jack Simmons and David Hughes. All came alike to the great West Indian.
The Bears were 50 for three when Kanhai was joined at the crease by his countryman Alvin Kallicharran. They added 152 and, after Kalli fell lbw to Simmons for 50, Kanhai climbed into even more spectacular attack. The ball was swinging and seaming but he defended with impeccable judgment and drove, cut and pulled with brutal power.
Kanhai was just a single short of a scintillating double century when he edged ‘Leapy’ Lee to wicketkeeper Engineer. He was on 199 out of his team’s 347 for six.
His genius lifted the Bears to 371 for seven declared, after which the Red Rose were bowled out for 149 (David Brown (five for 49, McVicker three for 35), leaving the Bears victorious by an innings and 41 runs.
Since that win in ’72, they have won only another three championship games at Old Trafford but if that does not seem many in 50 years, it must be remembered that the Bears have often visited Lancashire outgrounds. They have won at Blackpool (1973 and 1976), Southport (1999) and Aigburth (2012).
Their three wins in Manchester since ’72 arrived in a seven-year burst between 1978 and 1984. An 85-run triumph in ’78 was set up by remarkable match figures of 61.2-27-111-12 by skilful medium-pacer Steve Perryman. In 1983, a six-wicket win featured crucial runs from 40-year-old Dennis Amiss and decisive wickets from 43-year-old Norman Gifford.
The following season came a 50-run win after a fine fightback from a first innings deficit of 56. Alvin Kallicharran (117), Robin Dyer (84) and Geoff Humpage (61 not out) put the Bears back in the match in a second innings score of 327 for four declared. Gladstone Small then sent Lancashire tumbling to 70 for six and finished with five for 42 as the Red Rose was bowled out for 221. And that, 38 years ago, remains the Bears’ most recent championship win in Manchester.
Can Will Rhodes this week become the first Bears captain since Norman Gifford to lead his side to championship victory at Old Trafford?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643123
A black and white photo not sure of date, anorak fact the first time I saw Lancashire was a Gillette Cup match against Warwickshire at Old Trafford in 1964
Seen this guy before
Taken from the Warwickshire site
Rewind: Lancashire v Warwickshire, 1972
It is the opinion of no less a judge than the great MJK Smith that Rohan Kanhai is up there with Brian Lara as the greatest batter ever to play for Warwickshire.
Both were touched by genius and one factor with which Lara did not have to deal, which Kanhai did throughout his Bears career (1968-77) was uncovered pitches.
Wet wickets made batting significantly more difficult, offering bowlers all sorts of help and requiring the greatest skill from batters. These were conditions that brought the best out of Kanhai, some of whose greatest innings were played when batting was at its most testing. The Bears’ championship visit to Old Trafford to face Lancashire in 1972 was a classic example.
There had been, unusually for Manchester, rain around and the pitch was damp and green. Batting was tricky, as the Red Rose discovered when they went in first and scored 181.
Kanhai then made 199 – one of the finest individual innings ever played for Warwickshire.
A strong Lancashire batting side, including Clive Lloyd. David Lloyd, Barry Wood and Farokh Engineer, was bowled out in 62.1 overs as Steve Rouse took five for 47 (his maiden five-for) and Norman McVicker three for 48. The ball was doing plenty, as John Whitehouse soon discovered when Ken Shuttleworth sent it on to his stumps.
That brought Kanhai to the crease and the masterclass began.
Shuttleworth, Peter Lever and Peter Lee were a strong pace trio, backed up by the medium-paced bananas of Wood and the wily spin of Jack Simmons and David Hughes. All came alike to the great West Indian.
The Bears were 50 for three when Kanhai was joined at the crease by his countryman Alvin Kallicharran. They added 152 and, after Kalli fell lbw to Simmons for 50, Kanhai climbed into even more spectacular attack. The ball was swinging and seaming but he defended with impeccable judgment and drove, cut and pulled with brutal power.
Kanhai was just a single short of a scintillating double century when he edged ‘Leapy’ Lee to wicketkeeper Engineer. He was on 199 out of his team’s 347 for six.
His genius lifted the Bears to 371 for seven declared, after which the Red Rose were bowled out for 149 (David Brown (five for 49, McVicker three for 35), leaving the Bears victorious by an innings and 41 runs.
Since that win in ’72, they have won only another three championship games at Old Trafford but if that does not seem many in 50 years, it must be remembered that the Bears have often visited Lancashire outgrounds. They have won at Blackpool (1973 and 1976), Southport (1999) and Aigburth (2012).
Their three wins in Manchester since ’72 arrived in a seven-year burst between 1978 and 1984. An 85-run triumph in ’78 was set up by remarkable match figures of 61.2-27-111-12 by skilful medium-pacer Steve Perryman. In 1983, a six-wicket win featured crucial runs from 40-year-old Dennis Amiss and decisive wickets from 43-year-old Norman Gifford.
The following season came a 50-run win after a fine fightback from a first innings deficit of 56. Alvin Kallicharran (117), Robin Dyer (84) and Geoff Humpage (61 not out) put the Bears back in the match in a second innings score of 327 for four declared. Gladstone Small then sent Lancashire tumbling to 70 for six and finished with five for 42 as the Red Rose was bowled out for 221. And that, 38 years ago, remains the Bears’ most recent championship win in Manchester.
Can Will Rhodes this week become the first Bears captain since Norman Gifford to lead his side to championship victory at Old Trafford?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643123
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