Five cricketers who look like your dad
Five cricketers who look like your dad
No other sport has created so many dad-like elite sportsmen than international cricket. In a sport where moustaches, beer-bellies and terrible jokes are the norm you can be certain that someone, somewhere in the cricketing world looks a lot like your dad.
Which man-shambles of a father figure can you claim from our gallery below?
No other sport has created so many dad-like elite sportsmen than international cricket. In a sport where moustaches, beer-bellies and terrible jokes are the norm you can be certain that someone, somewhere in the cricketing world looks a lot like your dad.
Which man-shambles of a father figure can you claim from our gallery below?
Cheese Roll Cricket Dad
Is your father a 'larger than life' character?
Mike Gatting captained England between 1986-1988 and scored 10 centuries at an average of 35.55. Gatts was famously the recipient of Shane Warne's 'ball of the century' in 1993 at which point, after the ball had beaten him it was said, 'How anyone can spin a ball the width of Gatting boggles the mind ... If it had been a cheese roll, it would never have got past him.'
Would a cheese roll get past your father?
High Expectations Indian Cricket Dad
Is, 'are you a doctor yet?' a regular question in your household?
Indian Cricket Dad has high expectations.
Sunil Gavaskar played for India between 1971 to 1987 becoming one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time. His 34 test centuries was a record for over a decade and Gavaskar averaged 65.45 against the four-pronged 90mph attack of the West Indies, now considered the greatest bowlers of all time.
Is your dad freakishly high-performing? Does he expect the same freakishly high standards of you? *Are* you a doctor yet?
Unintentional Hipster Cricket Dad
Do you wear your Dad's old clothes to bars in East London? Has your Dad's 'look' dated well?
Your Cricket Dad is Clive Lloyd. As father of the unbeatable West Indies side that dominated the 70s and 80s, Clive Lloyd famously made the English 'grovel' in the hot summer of 1976.
Glass of Vino Cricket Dad
Does your dad keep a cellar? Does your father use descriptive terms like 'jammy', 'complex' and 'astringent' in everyday conversation. Does your father display the droopy-eyed, slightly reddened face of a cultured wine drinker?
If so then your Cricket Dad is David Gower. As the most stylish batsman of his generation, 'Lord' Gower played for England between 1978-1992 scoring 18 centuries at an average of 44.25. Despite looking like a big softy, David Gower Cricket Dad has a fair bit of bite, famously saying of the difference between England and Australia: 'How can you have a clash of cultures when you're playing against a country with no culture?' Ouch!