6/26/2023 0 Comments Golden Boy by Christian Ryan![]() ![]() A clamour of rare glamour descended on England: Thommo and D.K., baby-cheeked Viv Richards, careworn David Steele, lithe supercat Clive Lloyd, the Chappell brothers, Andy Roberts, Tony Greig, Doug Walters, trails of cigarette smoke gusting in his wake. It was the summer of an Ashes and a World Cup (cricket's first), a near last-gasp summer before revolution when cricket was still a sport of helmetless faces and green fields with no advertising paint on them. In 1975 Patrick Eagar took some photographs which were unlike any cricket photographs anyone had seen before. 'Magical, a head rush, a marvel' Rahul Bhattacharya LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 ![]()
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