Brain Teazer

[Zainub]

I'd really categorize you as a cricket genious if you can get this teazer right, recognize who this former England test player with a really bad bad hair style (inspired by Dizzy by the looks of things) is?



Hints: He scored 1059 runs at an average of 33 across a career that spanned just 19 tests, yet he is still to to date a very famous face in international cricket. "The highligh of his test career came when he saved England as they followed on against Australia by holding out for 499 minutes against Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson to score 149. Although he added two more hundreds, also against Australia, he first interrupted his Test career by signing for World Series Cricket in 1977, then ended it forever by joining the rebel South African tour of 1981-82" - source cricket info.

[Pete]

Bob Woolmer?

[Zainub]

Yes, that's right Pete, was that a guess?
But doens't he look so very different.

[Pete]

It wasn't a guess, it's just that i'd seen that pic of him somewhere before. I'm not a cricket genius or anything

[Zainub]

Originally Posted by Pete

I'm not a cricket genius or anything

You're being very downtoearh Pete. Give your self some credit.

[Big Merv]

Got another pic to stump us?

[Zainub]

Originally Posted by Big Merv

Got another pic to stump us?

Greetings Big Merv, This one is relatively easy, so I’m not giving any hints, this post has plenty of clues in it already. Good Luck!

[Zainub]

Originally Posted by Pete

It wasn't a guess, it's just that i'd seen that pic of him somewhere before. I'm not a cricket genius or anything

Here is what Bob Woolmer had to say to a question about this picture, I posted it over his website.



Hi Bob! A few personal questions for you, hope you don't mind!



1) Saw your career stats at cricket info, and was fascinated to say the least to read about your 19 match test career. Surely you must remember the 3 test hundreds you scored, all against Australia, the best of them probably was the 149 you made in 447 minutes when England were following on, and at that time the Aussie attack was led by Dennis Lillie and Jeff Thomson, so I'm wondering you really must have been a gutsy character to confront them so well in just your second test. I know you made the decision to join World Series Cricket, and later even joined one of the rebel tours to South Africa, but I was wondering what you make of those decisions now after so many days have passed by and you've made a name for your self in coaching instead, do you regret not having played more test cricket for England?



2) How many people call you Robert, if any at all?



3) When was that picture of yours taken? By the looks of things it looks like Jason Gillespie’s hair style is inspired by the one you have in the picture on your player page at cricket info. Was that the fashion in those days?



Thanks, and SORRY! Zainub Razvi.



Answer by Bob:



Hi,



1. I have answered this question many times, Of course I have wondered if my life would have been different and I suspect that it would have been but I do not regret my decisions.

2. My mother used to. And a great friend of mine in the UK does.

3. I reckon 1975 it was the fashion then!



Bob

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Zainub Razvi

Greetings Big Merv, This one is relatively easy, so I’m not giving any hints, this post has plenty of clues in it already. Good Luck!

Looks like Phil Tuffnell?

[Nikhil]

It clearly is Phill Tuffnell.

I must say that was easy. I have seen this picture of him a lot of times before.