Lancashire won the Gillette Cup four times during his tenure and that was the big one at the time. You didn’t see County Cricket on TV much and Lloyd was also one of the great Sunday League personalities. The only surprise is that he didn’t run Viv a bit closer.
Is there a report of this match available anywhere? Will be fun to read.
Viv has him beat on just about everthing though- quality as a bat, weight if runs, flair, popularity (Im assuming here, might be wrong), and the recency issue- not too many people would remember Lloyd.
This article gives good insight into this match.
Not sure why Viv should be ahead on popularity; Clive was hugely popular at Lancashire and was there for nearly 20 years. And you only have to be 40-odd to remember Lloyd (and you have to be 30-odd to remember Richards, it's not like there's decades between them).
Wisden: "Richards produced a masterpiece of aggression and timing to steer Glamorgan to a second successive Championship victory, successful negotiations between the captains having overcome the weather's earlier interference. Hampshire's first innings had been dominated by a magnificent 153 from Robin Smith off 155 deliveries. He hit three sixes and 23 fours. Glamorgan were then thwarted by rain, which claimed 86 overs of the second day, and declared 292 behind, which Hampshire quickly extended to 363. A second declaration left Glamorgan with 102 overs to better that, and when they lost half their wickets for 139, Nicholas's boldness seemed likely to be rewarded. However, the former Hampshire all-rounder, Cowley, provided the support Richards needed to play an innings of enormous quality. When the last hour was called with 112 still required, it seemed Richards might have miscalculated, but a four, six and four in Marshall's last over saw Glamorgan home with two balls to spare. Richards faced only 155 deliveries for his 164 and hit five sixes - none of them exploiting a short boundary on the pavilion side - and seventeen fours."
Not in '01 for sure. Slater, Hayden, Ponting, Waugh, Waugh, Martyn was our starting XI. Katich replaced Martyn in one test and '01 was the series that saw Slater dropped and the beginning of the Hayden Langer pairing (in the final test)
Katich was Steve Waugh's favourite.
I'm pretty sure he played for Yorkshire in both seasons, so no.
I've always thought Hodge was the hardest done by of all that lot. Should've played 100 tests and averaged 50 and would've been remembered as close enough to an ATG imo.
