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David Hookes: Unfulfilled promises in career and life

David Hookes: Unfulfilled promises in career and life

David Hookes, born May 3, 1955, was an explosive batsman whose talent never quite lived up to the expectations. Like his career, the life of the man also ended rather needlessly with plenty of promises unfulfilled. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the career and the tragic death of the South Australian cricketer.

Arunabha Sengupta, Moments in history, David Hookes, Tony Grieg, David Hookes 143 vs Sri Lanka in Test cricket, David Hookes 34-ball century in First-Class cricket, Greg Chappell, Shane Warne, David Hookes commentator, Ian Botham

May 3 2013, 4:17 pm

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The Reverse Sweeps County Cricket 2011 Awards

The Reverse Sweep's County Cricket 2011 Awards

By David Green Surrey won promotion to Division 1 and lifted the CB40, whilst Worcestershire defied the odds and the loss of their first six games to stay up - ditching the yo-yo tag into the process, but Lancashire have to take this for finally breaking their 77 year duck. They may have not had the strongest side on paper, but they did where it counted - on the pitch.

Marcus Trescothick, Jonny Bairstow, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Surrey, County, England, David Green

November 28 2011, 5:27 pm

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