England Break Records in Brisbane
The First Test was a draw, but England did manage to break a few records, as this report on the BBC says in this report.
But Englishmen breaking records at The Gabba is not new and I’m surprised that no-one has brought up the feat there of England’s most unlikely Test cricketing hero, Colin Milburn. Playing for Western Australia, he scored 243 runs in a day before given out the first over after tea. He had actually scored 181 between lunch and tea. A friend of mine was actually there and the crowd laughed as a roly-poly figure came out to bad. But Milburn was unstoppable and he had the last laugh.
Colin Milburn would be in any list of great and unusual sportsmen. Others I would include might be Andy Ripley, Tommy Harmer and Murray Halberg.
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