Mike Gatting got Richie Benaud to indulge in an uncharacteristic pun. Jack Simmons had a dish named after him — for an excellent show on the plate.
From Alastair Cook to Hashim Amla to Bob Crisp, cricket has its own repertoire of food. Have a seat, relax, and dig in!
This article, of course, has nothing to do with their on-field achievements.
Cricket and superstition have always walked hand in hand.
Later, in a 1980-81 Currie Cup match between Western Province and Transvaal, the scorecard entries read Lamb c Cook b Rice in the first innings and Lamb b Kourie in the second.
The bowler was Roger Telemachus. The batsman, Daryll Cullinan.
When I say gravy, I do not mean Labon Kenneth Blackburn Leeweltine Buckonon Benjamin.
Of Mike Gatting and lunch.