Mike Denness Dies

Spikey · 19-04-2013, 08:46 AM

BBC Sport ‏@BBCSport 2m
Former England cricket captain Mike Denness has died at the age of 72 after a lengthy battle with cancer #bbccricket
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England Cricket News: Former England captain Mike Denness dies | ESPN Cricinfo

Maximas · 19-04-2013, 08:53 AM

Poor guy, funny thing is that I've just been watching Robelinda's videos about the ball-tampering thing in 2001 just in the last 2 days.

wpdavid · 19-04-2013, 09:11 AM

Another of my boyhood memories bites the dust. 72 isn't very old nowadays. It wasn't his fault that he was promoted beyond his capabilities wrt the England captaincy, and it certainly wasn't his fault that Lillee & Thomson were far too good for him, Amiss, Edrich et al. Vale and RIP.

Satyanash89 · 19-04-2013, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Maximas

Poor guy, funny thing is that I've just been watching Robelinda's videos about the ball-tampering thing in 2001 just in the last 2 days.

Heh, same here. Shame his refereeing career was effectively ended by that incident... Sachin, what a ****

Another famous cricket figure lost to cancer

RIP

flibbertyjibber · 19-04-2013, 09:13 AM

Rip

fredfertang · 19-04-2013, 09:25 AM

**** that's dreadful - the only England captain I have ever spoken to, and that was only a couple of months ago - he sounded fine then, but clearly wasn't - appreciate it all the more now that he took the trouble to return my call in the first place.

M0rphin3 · 19-04-2013, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maximas

Poor guy, funny thing is that I've just been watching Robelinda's videos about the ball-tampering thing in 2001 just in the last 2 days.

+1, feels so weird.

RIP

BoyBrumby · 19-04-2013, 11:51 AM

Vale.

As with CMJ I had no idea he was poorly, even.

Always struck one as a genuinely good chap. Unfortunately it's the case that such fellows don't always make the best leaders. A real cricket man tho and someone who patently loved the sport.

Lillian Thomson · 19-04-2013, 04:49 PM

RIP. He played a huge part as a player and as captain during my County's most successful period, especially in One-Day Cricket.

HeathDavisSpeed · 19-04-2013, 05:00 PM

A real surprise this. His time at Essex was a bit before my watching years, but he formed a bit of a Scottish connection with Brian Hardie for us for a couple of years.

zaremba · 19-04-2013, 05:13 PM

A bit before my time, and Hibernially challenged, but yet another bad loss.

This is the first thing
I have understood:
Time is the echo of an axe
Within a wood.

archie mac · 19-04-2013, 06:38 PM

Sad news

stumpski · 20-04-2013, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zaremba

A bit before my time, and Hibernially challenged, but yet another bad loss.

This is the first thing
I have understood:
Time is the echo of an axe
Within a wood.

Hibernia was Ireland in fact, although the 'Hibs' football team could easily mislead. 'Caledonially' might have been the word you wanted.

RIP Mike, and another loss from that epochal '74-75 series. Almost all have been English (Cowdrey, Greig, Luckhurst, Titmus, now Denness) vs Jenner of Australia. I suppose we had the older side though.

wpdavid · 20-04-2013, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stumpski

Hibernia was Ireland in fact, although the 'Hibs' football team could easily mislead. 'Caledonially' might have been the word you wanted.

RIP Mike, and another loss from that epochal '74-75 series. Almost all have been English (Cowdrey, Greig, Luckhurst, Titmus, now Denness) vs Jenner of Australia. I suppose we had the older side though.

Add to that list other 1970's performers Woolmer, Roope & Dilley and I'm feeling all too mortal right now. There's probably others that I've forgotten.

Teja. · 20-04-2013, 09:37 AM

Very tragic. I honestly didn't know he was unwell and into his seventies, would have put him in his mid-sixties.

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BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,629	Vale. As with CMJ I had no idea he was poorly, even. Always struck one as a genuinely good chap. Unfortunately it's the case that such fellows don't always make the best leaders. A real cricket man tho and someone who patently loved the sport. __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

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Maximas U19 12th Man Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Junaid Khan Posts: 209	Poor guy, funny thing is that I've just been watching Robelinda's videos about the ball-tampering thing in 2001 just in the last 2 days.

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wpdavid Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,917	Another of my boyhood memories bites the dust. 72 isn't very old nowadays. It wasn't his fault that he was promoted beyond his capabilities wrt the England captaincy, and it certainly wasn't his fault that Lillee & Thomson were far too good for him, Amiss, Edrich et al. Vale and RIP.

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flibbertyjibber Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 7,940	Rip

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fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,721	**** that's dreadful - the only England captain I have ever spoken to, and that was only a couple of months ago - he sounded fine then, but clearly wasn't - appreciate it all the more now that he took the trouble to return my call in the first place.

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zaremba Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: chez les Ashes Posts: 8,726	A bit before my time, and Hibernially challenged, but yet another bad loss. This is the first thing I have understood: Time is the echo of an axe Within a wood.

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