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Are there many overweight cricketers who were top class or even an ATG?

fredfertang

fredfertang

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Part of the reason for Sir Beefy's rapid decline was his turning into a chunker - also honourable mentions for Gus Fraser and Mike Gatting - both enormous now, and big lads then
 
Daemon

Daemon

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Kallis definitely had a bit of extra weight on him, though I'm not sure about his younger days.
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

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I'm stretching the defintion of "top class" as far as the elastic on his waistband, but no discussion of cricketing trenchermen can be fully complete, or, as the man himself rarely was, completely full, without a nod to England's Ian "Bunny" Austin:

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S.Kennedy

S.Kennedy

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The county circuit was littered with rotund cricketers, and they're still present (cough, Northants). I do not know if they would qualify as 'top class' - some of them were at county level. It was part of the boozy amateur culture really before the emphasis on fitness levels and professionalism.

Blame Kerry Packer.
 
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