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Famous Cricket Fans?
- Thread starter PistolPete
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
Not a fan as such, but Fulham's German defender Mortiz Volz enjoyed his first experience of the game & wrote about it in his (excellent) column in The Times.
Still on the football theme, ex-England, Ipswich, Newcastle & Barca manager Sir Bobby Robson is a big fan; remember him being interviewed On Sky in the caribbean during one of our tours. Used to play club cricket to quite a high level in the close season when he was a footballer too, apparently.
Nobel-laureate Harold Pinter is a massive cricket fan; owns a full set of Wisdens I believe.
Sometime Lloyd Webber lyricist Sir Tim Rice is usually at Lords every summer.
& not strictly English, but an EU resident, the tubby Aussie-raised Italian footballer Christian Vieri is another cricket admirer & is on record as saying Allan Border was his sporting hero growing up.
archie mac
International Coach
James Barrie
M. Parkinson
Morcombe and Wise
John Cleese
Michael Bentine
Barry Norman
Willie Rushton
Frank Bruno
Nicholas Parsons
Tim Rice
M. Parkinson
Morcombe and Wise
John Cleese
Michael Bentine
Barry Norman
Willie Rushton
Frank Bruno
Nicholas Parsons
Tim Rice
Jamee999
Hall of Fame Member
Harry Judd, the drummer in McFly (I think) played First XI cricket for Uppingham School.
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
And despite popular opinion, he is NOT a Kiwi..
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Actually given your current union boss had a brief & largely inglorious first class career it's probably safe to assume he's something of a fan tho.And despite popular opinion, he is NOT a Kiwi..
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Noticed in an interview in today's Guardian that Aston Villa's James Milner used to play for Yorkshire schools as a youth, so it's probably safe to assume he's a fan too.
He is obsessed with sport and as he discusses a golf handicap which is down to single figures, reflects on his talent for cross-country running when he was younger and recalls a promising cricket career that saw him represent Yorkshire schools as a wicketkeeper and opening batsman
completeNZer
School Boy/Girl Captain
Read somewhere he always wanted to be a cricketer but used to run in faster than he could bowl
Langeveldt
Soutie
Desmond Tutu
John Major
The Queen
Dennis the Menace
John Major
The Queen
Dennis the Menace
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
................ and a player at first class level who once dismissed WG
Craig
World Traveller
Legend.
archie mac
International Coach
Precambrian
Banned
His most famous creation Sherlock Holmes was named after a cricketer he played against.And wrote a half decent poem to celebrate
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/21/the-origin-of-sherlock-holmes/
Precambrian
Banned
Crowe is a big cricket fan. He played cricket in school and his cousins Martin Crowe and Jeff Crowe are former Black Caps Captains. Russell Crowe also captained the 'Australian' Team containing Steve Waugh against an English side in the 'Hollywood Ashes' Cricket Match.
From Wikipedia entry on Russell Crowe
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Gary Lineker is a keen cricket fan and was a good quality batsman too - not forgetting he's also made century breaks at snooker. Bit of an all around smart arse (with big ears).