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Good luck, Ottis
By Will 2 months ago, No Comments; be the first!
Ottis Gibson has left his position as England’s bowling coach to become the head coach of West Indies, according to the UK’s Daily Telegraph.
West Indies slay their coaches like a scythe lopping dandelion heads. Another poor mug into the fold, then, for the most poisoned of chalices. Good luck, Ottis.
No Comments »Ottis Gibson’s ten
By Will 3 years ago, at the end of July, 2 Comments »
Well done that man. I remember Richard Johnson taking 10 for 45 in 1994 as though it were yesterday. Middlesex members and fans all thought we had yet another brilliant fast bowler in the making – and I seem to remember Ray Illingworth also agreeing when he said he had a “heavy ball”, an expression which I’d not heard before back then. Johnson was, from memory, picked for the South Africa tour before one of his many back problems surfaced.
Anyway. Gibson is not going to be going to South Africa, or anywhere else for that matter, for he’s the wrong side of 38. But that only make his achievement all the more special and memorable. Go on, West Indies…do the unthinkable and give him a call-up, just for fun.
Full list of the 79 bowlers to have taken all ten wickets in an innings available at Cricinfo.
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