Quote Originally Posted by Pearcey3 View Post
I cannot think of a single cricketer who would have averaged around 100 first class wickets nearly every season over the course of twenty odd years who didn't play test cricket. Shepherd was so unlucky to be playing when Lock and Laker were around.
We ought to have a separate RIP thread. Paul (ToBW) is the man for that.
He'd have had 100 caps if he was playing these days with all the forms of cricket flying about.
Of course not playing for a "fashionable" county didn't help his cause.

Here's the link to the BBC tribute...

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/25748983