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Joe (no login)
Posted Jun 30, 2009 11:28 AM
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/410909.html
....Of course he had very high standards, so did we all, but he was a completely different kind of leader to Nasser, who used to kick the dirt and chunter whenever you bowled a bad ball. Vaughany would just roll his eyes at you, and say: "Hoggy, Hoggy, Hoggy, what the f*** are you doing?" Instead of thinking "I need to bowl well because I'll get a bollocking if I don't" it was more a case of thinking "Yeah, it's my performance, I need to sort this out".....
...Who knows what might have happened if he'd got the right treatment for his knee straightaway. Unfortunately it robbed him of some of his best years, and it still troubles him. If he turns the wrong way, or dives in the field and lands a bit funny, it clearly troubles him. He played a shot at Warwickshire the other day, and just collapsed. Everyone thought he'd slipped, but his knee had actually given way. It still gives him a lot of gyp....
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