It's a reflection of the way cricket used to operate in the bad old days that Barry Sinclair, who died aged 85 this week, was given about five minutes’ notice that he was to become the country's latest Test cricket captain. While returning on a train with Wellington from a Plunket Shield game with Auckland ahead of the MCC tour of NZ in 1966, the convener of New Zealand selectors Walter Hadlee, who had been at the game, spoke with Sinclair.
Barry Sinclair - one of cricket's gentlemen
Barry Sinclair - one of cricket's gentlemen
Barry Sinclair - one of cricket's gentlemen
It's a reflection of the way cricket used to operate in the bad old days that Barry Sinclair, who died aged 85 this week, was given about five minutes’ notice that he was to become the country's latest Test cricket captain. While returning on a train with Wellington from a Plunket Shield game with Auckland ahead of the MCC tour of NZ in 1966, the convener of New Zealand selectors Walter Hadlee, who had been at the game, spoke with Sinclair.