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GUEST,MikeL2 BS: Australian Cricketer Dies From Injuries (59* d) RE: BS: Australian Cricketer Dies From Injuries 27 Nov 14

Hi Al

I agree with some of what you say about the dangerous nature of fast bowling. However I watched many of the tests and County games of the West Indies in the seventies & eighties and wondered at the sight of the likes of Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Andy Roberts.

Garner's height of 6ft 8ins made him a deadly bowler at times. But I never felt that he bowled deliberately at the batsmen.

We had Colin Croft ,another tall West India, at Lancashire and Crofty did bowl frighten the batsmen out.

I was down in Paignton in Devon in July and I met Glen Mcgrath's father-in-law and we had many discussions on fast bowling. McGrath was a very successful World Class bowler. He bowled less fast that the West Indians but much more accurately and whilst intimidating was not dangerous.

Cheers

Mike

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