And the Moral of the Story is ................?

[fredfertang]

And the Moral of the Story is ................?

In 1990 England's Chris Lewis had the world at his feet, but within twenty years the bottom had fallen out of that world. In this feature Martin looks at his story.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Great read. Would make a decent script for a movie too.

I remember Lewis being a great athlete and a cricketer capable of far more than what he eventually achieved. There was something very lithe and serpentine in his run up to the crease when he was bowling well. Too few of those occasions unfortunately.

 

[keeper]

Great read. Would make a decent script for a movie too.

I remember Lewis being a great athlete and a cricketer capable of far more than what he eventually achieved. There was something very lithe and serpentine in his run up to the crease when he was bowling well. Too few of those occasions unfortunately.

Think Lewis himself said that because he looked lithe and effortless that people expected him to be better than he was. I tend to think his problem was one of mental fortitude but it's a good point about the coaching regime at the time (or lack of it). Wonder how Ramprakash, Hick and Lewis may have got on under Flower or Fletcher?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Very good read, as ever. Still sort of feels the Clairmonte Christopher Lewis story is somewhere near the end of act two tho; whether act three is redemption or further downward spiral depends upon the principal player I suppose.