borebage53
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……ex England and Hampshire batsman. Age only 62. RIP Robin
RIP Robin Smith….
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borebage53
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Breaking news on BBC. More to follow.
borebage53
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News broken by his family and Hampshire CCC. He was in Australia (Perth) reporting on the Ashes. Died unexpectedly and cause not yet revealed.
George Ferris
Roofer
Very sad. He had some issues with drink and also mental health.Great player for England . We could do with him now.
Everton Carr
Registered
He had lived in Australia for a number of years.Sad news fine gusty player and very much old school was often in the cricketers after play at GR fag in one hand pint in the other
Brusselsfox
Registered
Phil Hughes
Hansie Kronje
Graham Thorpe
Robin Smith
Dean Jones
Andrew Symonds
David Bairstow
Ben Holyoke
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Heath Streak
Decent team .. all gone too soon for on reason or another.
Hansie Kronje
Graham Thorpe
Robin Smith
Dean Jones
Andrew Symonds
David Bairstow
Ben Holyoke
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Heath Streak
Decent team .. all gone too soon for on reason or another.
Everton Carr
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Nice when your memory isn't playing tricks. Had a recollection of watching the foxes on the BBC in the QF of the 85 BH Cup and Leicestershire winning a thriller with Smith nearly taking Hampshire home. Looked up the scorecard and we won by 2 runs bowling Hants out with Smith scoring 90 odd
kpbw
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Merv Hughes vs Robin Smith, 1989:
Never short of a word, Hughes got vocal at Smith during a spell where he made the English batter play and miss several times. A frustrated Hughes exploded at Smith, telling him: “You can’t f****** bat”. Smith made the ultimate reply when he hit a boundary the next ball and told Hughes: “We make a fine pair. I can’t f****** bat and you can’t f****** bowl”.
Lots of lovely tributes coming in for 'The Judge'. An aggressive batter ahead of his time but also a thoroughly nice bloke according to his peers. He clearly struggled mentally when he left centre stage. In general I think we are too quick to judge (pun intended) high level sports people (whatever their discipline) when they have to give up their relatively short career and need to adapt to a completely different way of life at a young-ish age.
RIP Robin.
Never short of a word, Hughes got vocal at Smith during a spell where he made the English batter play and miss several times. A frustrated Hughes exploded at Smith, telling him: “You can’t f****** bat”. Smith made the ultimate reply when he hit a boundary the next ball and told Hughes: “We make a fine pair. I can’t f****** bat and you can’t f****** bowl”.
Lots of lovely tributes coming in for 'The Judge'. An aggressive batter ahead of his time but also a thoroughly nice bloke according to his peers. He clearly struggled mentally when he left centre stage. In general I think we are too quick to judge (pun intended) high level sports people (whatever their discipline) when they have to give up their relatively short career and need to adapt to a completely different way of life at a young-ish age.
RIP Robin.
Billsballbag
Roofer
His cut shot was one we all tried to emulate. A really sad day.