Zimbabwe Cricket Photo Quiz

[foreignfield]

Is it Geoff Griffin, In the Currie Cup?

Spot on, a quick answer to get off the mark. It is indeed the South African fast bowler Geoff Griffin who was effectively no-balled out of Test cricket on his debut tour of England and later, when he had moved to Rhodesia, out of the game altogether. I think his was an early case of Murali in that, in his case due to an accident, he could not fully straighten his arm. Stories like these remind us how far we've come and that today's procedures might not be perfect, but better than shattering a lads career for good before it has really begun.

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[TheBradDevil]

Good to be off the duck Yeah and he was only 23, I hear he actually wore an iron brace and would put a sweater over it, so his arm wouldn't bend intentionally, this showed his arm was bent due to the accident, but he was still called for chucking, sad deal. Thank God for sports science, we would have missed out on a great career with Murali

[CrimsonAvenger]

311. Who is this attacking batsman who turned out for Rhodesia quite regularly in his heydays? Hint: His brother became more popular though.

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[foreignfield]

Is that a young Darrell Goodwin?

[CrimsonAvenger]

Nope. Not him. As for the hint, his brother was more popular, not very popular

[foreignfield]

Nope. Not him. As for the hint, his brother was more popular, not very popular

... oh, I misread your hint above as "turned out for Zimbabwe" .. the photo looks indeed older than Goodwin's era.

[CrimsonAvenger]

Another hint: This man was, quite possibly, ahead of his times with his approach to the game.

[TheBradDevil]

This is a long shot but perhaps it might be Allan Fletcher, younger brother of Duncan?

[CrimsonAvenger]

This is a long shot but perhaps it might be Allan Fletcher, younger brother of Duncan?

Nope.

[foreignfield]

Well, it's got to be Brian Barbour, brother of Kevan Barbour, the umpire, at least John Ward's article about Kevan sounds a lot like your hint, Crimson

Kevan's younger brother Brian did make the national side as an aggressive left-handed opening batsman who was perhaps before his time. Brian made his debut at the age of 19 in 1971/72, scoring 55 and 97 in his first match, and no less a bowler than Vintcent van der Bijl can recall an opening spell of 5-0-39-0 at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo bowling to Brian. Unfortunately Brian, a particularly powerful puller and cutter, was not altogether approved as in those days an opening batsman was expected to be solid and reliable, and he was rarely trusted by the selectors, and many others who tried to remould his style so that he eventually lost form and enthusiasm and his career was over well before the age of 30.

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