One of my favourite photographs.
They’d written him off. Stripped him off his captaincy. The rest is history.
This is Ian Botham reflecting on his match changing innings for England against Australia in the Third test at Headingly, July 1981.
Adrian Murrell / AllSport
May 8, 2007
Squashing Sportsmanship …
I didn’t want to post on the whole topic of Gilly having a squash ball in his glove. Because the innings was brilliant. And to produce genius on a big stage is special. Its as simple as that.
As far as the whole saga and the technicalities go, I don’t think there are clear cut answers [...]
