Historical Figures
I was playing around with the idea (suggested by my old mate JB) of how various historical figures would have fared as cricketers. And this is what I came up with. Galileo Galilei Batsman - A failure - always batted at no. 11. Spent too much time observing what the bowler was trying to do, and too little time actually reacting. Should have listened more to the ultimately sage advice of the former opening batsman Kepler. Bowler - This was his real strength. You hear talk about bowlers 'gaining pace' off the pitch - GG was a master at this. He had truly mastered the ability to uniformly accelerate the ball. Fielder - Particularly strong under the high ball - an expert at judging the parabola of hits into the outfield. Overall - Great potential that was ultimately undone by off-field politics. He should never have written his autobiography " Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" in which he openly criticized the excessive power base wielded by the BCC...