The Battlers Prince
International Vice-Captain
Brian Close - 70
Wag
Wag
Yep. An update with the new round order would be nice too.Round 5 now?
RTB running away with it atmMaharajkumar of Vizianagram (c) - 19
A man who not only used his immense wealth to patronise the game but to fuel his rather self-delusional ambition to play it at the highest level
There is a story that in one county match Vizzy gave a gold watch to the opposing skipper. "I gave him a full toss and a couple of long hops," recalled the recipient, "but you can't go on bowling like that all day, not in England."
He was a far from universally popular commentator, with accusations of pomposity and dullness to the fore. It is said that when discussing tiger shooting - and he claimed to have bagged more than 300 - he was lecturing on hoiw it was done. "Really," said Rohan Kanhai. "I thought you just left a transistor radio on when you were commentating and bored them to death."