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unstable punt
12 Jul 2009, 05:29
Interesting article comparing Pieterson with K. Hughes, the real interesting stuff is further on in the article about the way Lillee and Marsh treated Hughes. I know this is not new to most of us who follow cricket but apparently there's a new book which get's right into it and says that Lillee and Marsh should hang their heads in shame.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article6672911.ece
Apparently Hughes wasn't interviewed for the book but verified lots of the stories, not sure if that makes sense, funny thing as a kid when Hughes was captain I definitely got the impression Marsh and Lillee were undermining him, might be called bullying these days.
As much as we all loved Lillee, you only have to watch him in replays to see he intimidated umpires too, I can vividly remember my old man used to rubbish him all the time, I could never understand why until today.
Freo Big Fella
12 Jul 2009, 23:22
Interesting that they're leaving Greg "I'll captain when I feel like it" Chappell out of it when he was arguably the biggest culprit of all.
I can understand that the ACB were terrified of Packer and "his boys" in the wake of WSC, but allowing Chappell to swan in and out of the side on a whim was utterly disgraceful.
scottywiper
13 Jul 2009, 00:01
Book is called "Golden Boy", reading it at the moment.
Doesn't paint a pretty picture of Lillee and Marsh, or even Greg Chappell, but mainly the first two.
I gather Kim didn't agree to be part of the book as he had made his peace with those guys and they are now friends.
Respected Journo
13 Jul 2009, 00:05
Denniss Lillee and Rod Marsh do seem to be a well and truly from that macho element, i can easily imagine them making life hell for anyone who they didn't think conformed with their drink and smoke and swear lifestyle.
flight23
13 Jul 2009, 00:06
any actual examples of the undermining?
Respected Journo
13 Jul 2009, 00:08
I guess you'd have to read the book, I don't think they'd go public with specific examples.
scottywiper
13 Jul 2009, 03:50
any actual examples of the undermining?
Plenty in the book, provided by blokes like Mike Whitney and Geoff Lawson and many others.
It's really quite amazing to read.
flight23
13 Jul 2009, 08:44
Plenty in the book, provided by blokes like Mike Whitney and Geoff Lawson and many others.
It's really quite amazing to read.
lol, cheers
Wicked Lester
13 Jul 2009, 09:04
Interesting that they're leaving Greg "I'll captain when I feel like it" Chappell out of it when he was arguably the biggest culprit of all.
I can understand that the ACB were terrified of Packer and "his boys" in the wake of WSC, but allowing Chappell to swan in and out of the side on a whim was utterly disgraceful.
You don't accept that chronic back problems, which almost ended his career and made flying long distances intolerable, may have played just a small part in Chappell's decision to miss several overseas tours in the latter part of his career?
Besides, missing tours wasn't exactly out of the ordinary during the period. Hughes himself opted Australia's maiden tour of Sri Laka in 1983 for personal reasons. Chappell had permanently retired from the captaincy following the preceding Ashes series, but decided to make the tour and captained in Hughes' absence.
The bizarre thing is, despite all the historical question marks about so-called undermining of Hughes' captaincy, Hughes by his own admission now counts Lillee, Marsh and Chappell amongst his closest friends. Apparently they see quite a lot of each other.