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Dedication of the month : July 2008 : Neil Harvey

by Ankit on July 4th, 2008

Yeah, you saw that right. From this post on, every month six and out would dedicate the month to some cricketer who I feel strongly about. Throughout the month, I would garner facts and trivia about the person. Should be fun.

So, Why Neil Harvey? Is it because cricket blogs were better in his day? Maybe. Lets see what I can dig up about him.

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3 opinions for Dedication of the month : July 2008 : Neil Harvey

  • Bas
    Jul 14, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    Interesting thought to talk about a past cricketer every month. Neil Harvey was a great of the game.

    Although just a personal opinion that it might have been more appropriate to talk about Basil D’Oliveira this month considering that England and South Africa are engaged in a test series at the moment named after him.

  • paula adams
    Aug 9, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    I adored Neil Harvey as a youngster. I went to this site just to discover if he was still alive and kicking.
    To watch him play against spin bowling was , for me, the jewel of the fifties cricket viewing.
    The strangled bellow of woe that erupted from somewhere deep down inside me as I sat in the members’ stand at Old Trafford to watch his second duck to Laker was thankfully drowned out by everyone else’s joy.
    After that match, ( I was aged 14), the team were not signing autographs. Someone pointed out to NH that I was proffering a large picture of him holding his newly born son, Robert.
    He duly signed with a lovely note -my most treasured of a host of cricket memorabilia which my mother threw out from the attic after I’d left home .Have I yet forgiven her?
    My last view of his craftsmanship was in 1961 when I saw him play at several county grounds.
    They don’t breed’em like him any more!

  • Nathan
    Sep 1, 2008 at 11:05 am

    I think neil Harvey is great! I really like it when he commentates on the Sky Sports games, and he can still play.

    Take a look at my blog about my training over the winter http://www.howtoplaycricket.org and let me know what you think

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