Brilliance...with heart
Pity I coudn't find a clip from the Perth innings...but its on this first appearance in Australia that had Richie Benaud, in his signature measured tone, "we're watching the start of something special here...years from now, this man will come to Australia...and people will flock to the grounds to see him bat..." How did he know then?!
Lone Ranger
Tour of 97, the South African Papers said he was the only man with backbone on the Indian contingent. On the first day of the first test of the next Australian tour, after a typical century when no other 'batsman' crossed 25, a picture of SRT at the non-strikers end, in his charateristic stance, leaning on the bat handle, with one hand on hip. The caption..."Standing alone on the burning deck". Note the score in the top right box...
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