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Andrew McGlashan
5 OTT 2011
Mike Gatting, former England captain Graham Dilley recalled, who died Wednesday at age 52 years as a cricket player who "always had a smile" when he played the game.
Gatting had Dilley, next to the famous 1981 Ashes Test Headingley Dilley with a key role in his second innings 56 by Ian Botham to be crucial. Five years later, Gatting was the captain of that side of the 1986-87 Ashes in Australia, where the stored Dilley was once part of a team and played in four tests, including a victory in Brisbane, when 5 68
"It was a quiet guy with a very dry sense of humor," said Gatting ESPNcricinfo. "It would have a pint and a fag end of the day, but he liked to play cricket. I was very happy to sit and chat with people in the game while drinking a beer and fell in love with the transmission of information to children. I always had a smile and a laugh. There were times when he got a little cross, but was more than anyone. "
Role Dilley in 1981, is remembered in the same light as Botham and Bob Willis, England, but a surprise victory after another-would not have happened without his free-spirited innings after he was told by Botham "have fun" with apparently lost the game
"If he had not had its 50-odd with Beefy, we could not get enough, run or even passed by Australia to win the match," said Gatting. "He also took a great capture good in this game from a top edge of the fine leg, [remove Rod Marsh].
"It was a great player throughout his career," said Gatting. "In Australia, in 1986-1987, was a huge piece on the wheel to win this series and there were many times when he was our player strike. He ran very quickly and turned it. It was a good melon."
Gatting also remember with affection a head to head battles two players with experience at the county level at a time when England players had been available a lot of national cricket. "We have always had a little 'fun," he said. "There were some situations in which I soon did, and it was a good race. 'A state of bowlers who had to see out because he was able to take four or five wickets in a hurry."
After his playing career, Dilley moved to coaching and spent time with the full implementation in England and also at the University of Loughborough, where he worked with Monty Panesar the other players.
"We are appalled to hear the news that Graham is gone," Chris Earle, Director of Sport at Loughborough, said. "He left his mark on the world of cricket, not only because of his success as a player, but also for his contributions as our coach cricket for 11 years. Graham will be missed but his legacy will remain through the Loughborough Cricket excellent environment in which he played an important role in creation. "
John Stephenson, MCC Head of Cricket, said: "It was a world class player who I played against several times and it was a very good friend as a coach, he had a huge impact in the program of the MCC Universities He was in the center. Loughborough progress in the last decade, and it will be much missed by us all at the club. "
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