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Yes, nice anecdote. He had amazing hands and powerful forearms such that he could strike the ball at the top of its bounce and, before you blinked, it would be inflicting damage on a distant boundary board...The textbook square cut was paramount in his repertoire but he would also regularly...

At one time he was arguably "the best wicketkeeper/batsman in the world". Definitely a Sussex great and one of those batsmen I will always associate with a particular trademark stroke. In his case, obviously, a "thump" through the offside.