MAK Pataudi passes away

MAK Pataudi passes away

RIP.

One of the finest Indian captains. His last public appearance was at the presentation ceremony of 4th test between Ind and Eng, series which was incidentally named after him.

RIP

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Blimey! Only read an interview the other week and apparently he was in good health. Terrible news. RIP Tiger.

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Sad loss. He got his his initiation into f/c cricket as a 16yo playing for Sussex, whom he later captained. I remember him leading the Indian tourists in 1967 when the summer was shared with Pakistan. Unfortunately the first half of the summer was unusually wet, even for England, and the team, most of whom were novices to the conditions, struggled to cope but I can recall him scoring a brilliant century in the 1st Test at Headingley after the side had been forced to follow-on but nonetheless went on to make over 500, led by his example.

A tall, upright batsman with a classically side-on stance that enabled him to compensate for the loss of his eye he was nevertheless totally fearless against the quickest of bowling and could hit the ball immensely hard, being reminiscent of Peter May at his best. Until Stuart Broad scored 169 against Pakistan at Lord's last year Pataudi held a unique record as the only Test centurion whose father had scored a Test century for England. The Pataudis remain the only father and son to have scored centuries both for and against England.

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of course i never got to see him play, but he was always spoken about with respect from the old-timers. tough times for sharmila and the kids

RIP.

Pretty amazing that he managed to achieve what he did with just one eye, when you think how crap so many players have been with two.

After Denis Compton had one of his kneecaps removed (which still survives in a biscuit tin in the Lord's Museum, according to one recent biographer) it was said that he still had more shots in his armoury with one knee than most players had with two.

Olly Milburn made a brief comeback for Northants after his accident but sadly it didn't work out. I think his injuries were more serious and, unlike 'Tiger', I think the sight in his remaining eye was also affected although he did go on to become a cricket coach at Butlin's.

I can't think of other cricketers with eyes, or other body parts missing, except for Fred Titmus who lost several toes on a boating accident whilst on a tour of the Caribbean but nevertheless returned to the England side several years later on an Ashes tour as well as Gatt and his reconstructed nose which appeared to have a tremendously improving effect on his Test batting average as well as bringing him the England captaincy. Unfortunately it did not prove to be an obstacle between him and a certain barmaid, or maybe that was the charm.

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On a serious note, it is very sad to see Tiger go.He had an important role in putting Indian cricket on the map "back in the day". Not so much for his batting, as his determined, intelligent captaincy.

RIP Tiger. He had finished playing by the time I came to appreciate cricket but I remember how they spoke of him.

Allan D wrote:After Denis Compton had one of his kneecaps removed (which still survives in a biscuit tin in the Lord's Museum, according to one recent biographer) it was said that he still had more shots in his armoury with one knee than most players had with two.

Olly Milburn made a brief comeback for Northants after his accident but sadly it didn't work out. I think his injuries were more serious and, unlike 'Tiger', I think the sight in his remaining eye was also affected although he did go on to become a cricket coach at Butlin's.

I can't think of other cricketers with eyes, or other body parts missing, except for Fred Titmus who lost several toes on a boating accident whilst on a tour of the Caribbean but nevertheless returned to the England side several years later on an Ashes tour as well as Gatt and his reconstructed nose which appeared to have a tremendously improving effect on his Test batting average as well as bringing him the England captaincy. Unfortunately it did not prove to be an obstacle between him and a certain barmaid, or maybe that was the charm.

I'm pretty sure Harmison was missing either a heart or a spine.

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Allan D wrote:After Denis Compton had one of his kneecaps removed (which still survives in a biscuit tin in the Lord's Museum, according to one recent biographer) it was said that he still had more shots in his armoury with one knee than most players had with two.

Olly Milburn made a brief comeback for Northants after his accident but sadly it didn't work out. I think his injuries were more serious and, unlike 'Tiger', I think the sight in his remaining eye was also affected although he did go on to become a cricket coach at Butlin's.

I can't think of other cricketers with eyes, or other body parts missing, except for Fred Titmus who lost several toes on a boating accident whilst on a tour of the Caribbean but nevertheless returned to the England side several years later on an Ashes tour as well as Gatt and his reconstructed nose which appeared to have a tremendously improving effect on his Test batting average as well as bringing him the England captaincy. Unfortunately it did not prove to be an obstacle between him and a certain barmaid, or maybe that was the charm.

I'm pretty sure Harmison was missing either a heart or a spine.

In the end it was mainly a sense of direction.

waqar had/has a few missing fingers

According to The Sunday TImes of Sri Lanka

One-eyed Jacks
By Marcus Joseph

In Test Cricket and also in first class cricket there have been batsmen of good repute who played with only one eye - They were William Clarke (Notts), W. H. Fryer (Kent), J. Kinloch (New South Wales), Mansur Ali Khan Nawab of Pataudi, Jnr. (Oxford University and India), C. Milburn (Northants and England), E. P. Nuper (Transvaal and South Africa) and J. W. Sharpe (Surrey).

There have of course been players who have batted temporarily "with one arm" at Test level - with varying degrees of success: from Malcolm Marshall to Paul Terry.

Chandrasekhar overcame the disability of polio ("with a withered arm", is the usual description) to become a successful Test spinner.