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John Edrich dead: England cricket legend passes away aged 83

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"He is one of only 25 men in history to have scored 100 first-class centuries."



https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/john-edrich-dead-england-cricket-23219455


RIP.
 
I was moved to get some of his games up on YouTube after reading about this. His style was so much like that we’ve seen more recently with Alistair Cook, quite a remarkable similarity.

One of the games was the David Steele Lords test v Australia, 1975. That’s a good watch.
 
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