Salamuddin
International Debutant
What's Tuffers up to these days ? Last I heard of him was when he won the Celebrity Survivor contest in Australia ?
Is he coaching in the England Academy ?
Is he coaching in the England Academy ?
Yet King was more than able of bowling 6 balls in the spot. He was a very promising talent who was, unlike many others, translating that into success.Richard said:Yes, that's very true.
Everyone said that was why Clive Lloyd didn't make a good coach - he just couldn't understand why King and co. were incapable of bowling 6 balls out of 6 on the spot like Marshall, Holding, Garner, Ambrose, Walsh, Bishop and Roberts were.
Im reading two books by him, and they seem to ooze with a lack of confidence, even in his non playing days..halsey said:Phil Tufnell had a lot of natural talent, his biggest problem, suprisingly from his public image, was self confidence, according to Ian Botham.
Yeah I read that in Mike Atherton's book that Tuffers would just keep coming up to him and asking iam bowling well aren't I all day long.Langeveldt said:Im reading two books by him, and they seem to ooze with a lack of confidence, even in his non playing days..
Yeah, that's exactly what he did according to Beefy as well.Rich2001 said:Yeah I read that in Mike Atherton's book that Tuffers would just keep coming up to him and asking iam bowling well aren't I all day long.
There is no real refernce ie a couple of pages on the subject but there are just general little bits throughout the book ie this bit.Richard said:Strange...
Interesting, Rich - I've read Opening Up five or six times and I can't remember that comment - could you give me a page-reference?
Of what I know he was bowling with an injury.Richard said:Until he toured England and lost it completely in the Old Trafford Test and turned the Headingley match on it's head by gifting first Hussain and Thorpe, then Vaughan and Hick some runs. McLean was at fault too, but King was most wayward there.
Quite how I could have forgotten these I really don't know!:duh:Rich2001 said:There is no real refernce ie a couple of pages on the subject but there are just general little bits throughout the book ie this bit.
"Athers...I bowled all right, didn't I? Jesus, I've gone for 170 on a "Bunsen" but I bowled well... didn't I?" (Page 293)
" Despite his outwardly aggressivly attitude and image, Tufnell was low on self-confidence and needed constant reassurance about his cricket and life in general. On the pitch, in the dressing room, and even in the bar, he would constantly sidle up to his team mates to ask, "how's it comin' out? Spinnin' it, iam I?" (Page 130)