Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
This comes as a result of a football match yesterday where they interviewed Doncaster Rovers fans after they won promotion. One of them said he was in "Ozone Zone". This is because the circumstances of the match meant that they went from total despair to elation in the space of less than a minute so the high was the highest of highs having arisen from such a low place.
So I wondered if anyone has reached such exaltation from a game of cricket - at any level either playing or watching.
I go back to the Test in 1982/83 which England won by 3 runs when Bob Willis's insane tactics to Border and Thomson looked like it had cost England the match when 70 odd were needed for the last wicket. It was much more tense than the more recent 2 run victory because it was only available on the radio so was harder to follow (especially as one of the commentators in the box was Tony Lewis).
So I wondered if anyone has reached such exaltation from a game of cricket - at any level either playing or watching.
I go back to the Test in 1982/83 which England won by 3 runs when Bob Willis's insane tactics to Border and Thomson looked like it had cost England the match when 70 odd were needed for the last wicket. It was much more tense than the more recent 2 run victory because it was only available on the radio so was harder to follow (especially as one of the commentators in the box was Tony Lewis).