Bob Willis Bowling Action

My mate neil and i tried to copy bob willis s bowling action in the garden.

Bob willis bowling action. Bob willis taking wickets and forgetting his bat. Robert george dylan willis mbe born robert george willis. Australia needed just 76 more runs to win with 9. Bob willis who died yesterday aged 70 may be best remembered for his stunning bowling in headingley in 1981 where he bowled england to victory or how he played in new zealand in 1978.

Gosh i can still remember trying to replicate his distinctive long run up and bowling action. Even alastair cook s one wicket in tests which was ishant sharma of india in the trent bridge test in 2014 came after he had impersonated willis bowling action. Former england captain bob willis has been hailed as a phenomenal cricketer following his death. Bob willis golden period as a world class fast bowler culminated in the 1981 ashes and the headingley test.

We ll miss you horribly bob huw turbervill. Richard saker the observer willis made his debut for surrey in 1969 but was still nowhere near a regular first teamer by november 1970. But as a cricket fan you would have been amazed at the sight of england s bob willis bowling at opposition batsmen in the era which was dominated by the almighty west indies team. Fast bowler bob willis england s fourth highest test wicket taker and popular sky sports presenter dies aged 70 in a hospital near his london home after a long illness england cricket legend and.

Bob willis and john major at the oval in 2007. Bob would have been the last person to think of himself as an all action hero but it described my old friend better than he ever knew. Paul allott played six of his 13 tests alongside bob willis and took 652 first class and 321 one day wickets in a career spanning 16 years.