Random Cricket Photos Post 79



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They led the series 1-0 and when the final day began, they had a lead of 214 to build upon and set India a challenging target. But Bob Willis wasn't exactly known for his attacking captaincy and that's why we don't hear about him mentioned in the list of super captains in general.

But one person we surprisingly don't hear much about is a gentleman called Chris Tavare (on the right in the picture), who became the centre of attention on this day thanks to a spectator with a sense of humor.

For all those who grew up watching Dravid in 2000s, the Wall will be a good reference point to understand Tavare. Despite playing in 5 times less matches than Dravid, Tavare was 5 times more stubborn on the crease.

He once went scoreless for over an hour during a marathon innings in Perth; he batted close to five hours for 42 against the West Indies in his second Test match; he took 332 minutes over just 35 runs in Madras; and, during the Lord's Test against Pakistan in 1982, he scored the second slowest half-century in Test history, taking a mind-numbing 350 minutes to reach his landmark.

So, on the final day of a 6 match Test series in which only one match had produced a result, and Chris Tavare doing Chris Tavare things i.e. blocking his life away, a teenager Angus Loughron protested. The spectacled boy who would later become a football pundit, brought out a stool, apparently indicating to the batsman that he must need a rest after batting for such a long time.

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