Graham Dilley has died at the age of 52 and my heart lies sad today.
He is without a doubt the forgotten hero of a test series that has always become known as Botham's Ashes. Yet for those of us who love our cricket, and particularly for those of us who were playing at the time we all know that had it not been for Graham Dilley's resolute batting in that Headingley test match one wonders would England have won the match and ultimately the series.
He was a consummate professional, a fine man and in another era would have shone brighter in the starlight.
Let us hope that he has found peace in the great pavilion in the sky and he is looking down and smiling at the number of times that people will say Lillee caught Willey bowled Dilley and remember.
Relatively young Trace. Just 52.
ReplyDeleteA shame and who would forget that moment?
Before my time but I have that moment on DVD and it's a classic moment of comedy in test cricket.
Well pointed on the series, interesting he is seen as somewhat of a forgotten hero.
My brother and him played for Kent youth team at The Oval yonks and yonks ago. Gone far far too soon but fondly remembered.
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