View Full Version : Steve Waugh and his tour diaries
damochandler
11 Dec 2009, 12:00
has anyone got those books. i have all of the bar 1. they are a great read. i just finished reading the 1995 west indies tour book and what he said about the confrontation with curtly ambrose was interesting. too say what the f*** are you looking at to the fastest bowler in the world at that time with him on a metre away from you is tough. he talked about all the reaction he got from that famous catch took to get lara in the first test. the funniest part is the way the team tried to break the bank every time they went out to diner
King Elvis
11 Dec 2009, 13:10
Didn't he then tell big Curtley to go **** himself or something?
Was beautiful to see; probably second only to a rake thin, bowl-haircutted Glenn McGrath bouncing the shit out of the Windies pace attack, when he could barely hold a cricket bat. One of my best cricketing moments ever - when you saw that, you knew he was legit. Siddle did it to Steyn last Summer too; it's great to watch.
Details on the dinner mischief please.
damochandler
11 Dec 2009, 14:43
Didn't he then tell big Curtley to go **** himself or something?
Was beautiful to see; probably second only to a rake thin, bowl-haircutted Glenn McGrath bouncing the shit out of the Windies pace attack, when he could barely hold a cricket bat. One of my best cricketing moments ever - when you saw that, you knew he was legit. Siddle did it to Steyn last Summer too; it's great to watch.
Details on the dinner mischief please.
well steve waugh was the entertainment director on the tour and every meal was paid for by the acb and the tried tp find every resturaunt that was overly expensive and the tried to break the 1000 dollar mark for the meals. of course on the tour ian healy was in his element when the bulls won their first title. put it this way they know how too have a good time
Worst cricket prose I have ever read, okay I only read the first two. Cardus would be rolling in his grave. Made Dan Brown look like Hemingway. These marked the beginning of a long downward spiral of quality cricket literature, which, a few authors accepted (Gideon Haigh, Scyld Berry, Blowers) is continuing to this day. They read like a year ten 'What I did on my holidays' essay.