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New Feature : Lawrence Rowe : What could have been?
- Thread starter gvenkat
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Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
I've got an interview with Clive Lloyd on audio tape where he states that Rowe was allergic to grass and wool. Bit of a bummer for a cricketer.
Yep, He was allergic to grass. the wool story is new to me.
Yes. He mentioned that too and said it was out of his control..
shivfan
Banned
A nice feature....
However, I do feel that Rowe had already made his decision to move to the US by the time he accepted the invite to apartheid South Africa. A string of low scores with the Windies side had resulted in him being dropped, and in addition to his curious allergy to grass, he had developed serious eye problems, which naturally affected his ability to bat as well as he used to. He had just completed a season for Jamaica, and while his scores were okay, they weren't anywhere near good enough to force himself back into the side.
Rowe knew what he was doing, to the point where even in his self-imposed exile in the US, he planned a second tour of South Africa a year or so later. I'm not going to kill him for trying to earn as much money as possible from his name, but at the same time I'm not going to feel sorry for him for making these flawed decisions. He was a truly outstanding batsman in his youth, and old-timers still talk about that innings at Kensington Oval, but by the time he went to South Africa, his WI career was already over.
However, I do feel that Rowe had already made his decision to move to the US by the time he accepted the invite to apartheid South Africa. A string of low scores with the Windies side had resulted in him being dropped, and in addition to his curious allergy to grass, he had developed serious eye problems, which naturally affected his ability to bat as well as he used to. He had just completed a season for Jamaica, and while his scores were okay, they weren't anywhere near good enough to force himself back into the side.
Rowe knew what he was doing, to the point where even in his self-imposed exile in the US, he planned a second tour of South Africa a year or so later. I'm not going to kill him for trying to earn as much money as possible from his name, but at the same time I'm not going to feel sorry for him for making these flawed decisions. He was a truly outstanding batsman in his youth, and old-timers still talk about that innings at Kensington Oval, but by the time he went to South Africa, his WI career was already over.