#courage

2 incidents tagged

Malcolm Marshall's Broken-Hand Century and 7/53 — Headingley 1984

England, West Indies

1984-07-12

With his left hand encased in a plaster cast after a double fracture, Malcolm Marshall came out to bat one-handed at Headingley, helped Larry Gomes to a century, then took 7/53 to win the Test.

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⭐Mild

Lionel Tennyson Bats with One Hand — Headingley Ashes, 1921

England v Australia

1921-07-04

Captaining England in only his second Test, the Honourable Lionel Tennyson split his left hand fielding a Macartney drive, returned the next day to bat virtually one-handed, and made 63 and 36 against the Gregory-McDonald attack — an act of leadership remembered for a century as one of the bravest innings ever played by an England captain.

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