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This is true, nowt stopped him. He really was the Master Blaster
Amazing about Coops Snr, so he was about there when Viv was? Bet he has some good tales.
Ecobeard-
70s-80s. Will have to check the exact years. Certainly some tales because the overseas pros used to have to play in the Western League also, which he played in. He reined back on the cricket a bit when I (in 1980) and then my sister arrived, so it must have been around then. But I still did watch him and run round the boundaries of various grounds after the ball, notably at Keynsham with a young lad called Marcus who could bat a bit…
c00ps
Sir Viv could have destroyed everyone with anything. Fabulous player. Although old man c00ps did once say “He’ll never make it in county cricket, if he keeps hitting it in the air…”.
(I didn’t inherit the cricket genes - he played for Somerset 2s in a couple of seasons, hence he got to see a bit of Viv for the 1s and in the nets)