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Colin Cowdrey: A batsman far above the ordinary – Almanack
"Hutton considered May and Cowdrey the two best batsmen in the world under twenty-five"
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"Hutton considered May and Cowdrey the two best batsmen in the world under twenty-five"
"Never has a big reputation been more quickly won"
"The lacklusture and luckless years and the leanest of lean spells"
"He bowled at a ferocious pace and was one of the quickest around on the circuit at the time"
"Getting my cap from Michael Vaughan was special"
"I remember thinking ‘I’ve just charged Allan Donald and hit him for four!’"
"The picture of all 11 of us in the picture is wonderful"
"That's what he's on this earth to do, to be the best player for England"
"Undoubtedly the best all-rounder Kent have had since the war"
“It was just ridiculous the amount of overs I bowled”