[Cricket] Derek Underwood - RIP

[Is it PotG?]

Cricket legend for Kent and England has sadly died aged 78.

 

[Brovion]

Oh no! Another legend goes.

RIP 'Deadly'.

 

[fly high]

One of my heroes. Lethal in the days before covers but completely out of place with a bat. There was outrage when the cowards Thompson & Lillee bowled bouncers at him.

 

[Eeyore]

Utterly gutted and quite shocked to hear this.

He did as much away from cricket as he did in cricket. He was still playing when I first started listening on TMS, and still for Kent for a few years after that.

The sort of autograph the starry eyed cricket youngster would cherish and a connection to the good old days. This is really sad news for cricket devotees.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Lovely article here about what it was like to face him by Mark Nicholas:

Deadly venom: the terror of Derek Underwood

Beneath the gentle facade lay a spinner whose weapons were accuracy and fear

www.thecricketmonthly.com

RIP

 

[LamieRobertson]

Sad news …brilliant spin bowler …ironically known (on this news) as Deadly Derek

RIP D

 

[Pavilionaire]

The doyen of English spinner. R.I.P. Derek.

 

[GT49er]

RIP.

 

[Eeyore]

I'm going to use Derek's passing to shamelessly promote the Primary Club, a cricketers charity that provides support to visually impaired sports folk. Derek was a patron and huge supporter of the cause..

The Primary Club

Donate Out First Ball? Join Today 2024 Annual Newsletter Apply for Funding Run London Marathon 2026 for The Primary Club Financially supporting grassroots visually impared sports in the U.K. Funded by our members who join when they

www.primaryclub.org

Membership is open to anyone who has been out first ball at any level of cricket. So that's all of you cricket folk on here.

 

[Si Gull]

Loved him back in the day, a real anti-hero. For a while I tried a right-handed version of his bowling action but barely got it to turn an inch.

A great loss.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I'm going to use Derek's passing to shamelessly promote the Primary Club, a cricketers charity that provides support to visually impaired sports folk. Derek was a patron and huge supporter of the cause..

The Primary Club

Donate Out First Ball? Join Today 2024 Annual Newsletter Apply for Funding Run London Marathon 2026 for The Primary Club Financially supporting grassroots visually impared sports in the U.K. Funded by our members who join when they

www.primaryclub.org

Membership is open to anyone who has been out first ball at any level of cricket. So that's all of you cricket folk on here.

As you probably know I've been out to the first ball of the MATCH.

RIP Deadly

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Sad news.

 

[carlzeiss]

One of my heroes. Lethal in the days before covers but completely out of place with a bat. There was outrage when the cowards Thompson & Lillee bowled bouncers at him.

Sad news , was lucky enough to see him hit a century at the Central Ground it what I think was his last season in First Class cricket before retiring

 

[Weststander]

Brilliant player and with unerring precision that tied batsmen down until they cracked.

With Alan Knott, in the first England team that I knew about and loved. Knott and Randall were my heroes.

RIP fella and thank you, a national hero.

 

[rippleman]

England and Kent spinner Underwood dies aged 78

Former England and Kent bowler Derek Underwood dies at the age of 78, the county announces.

www.bbc.co.uk

Had a great partnership with Alan Knott. "Deadly Derek" on wet, uncovered pitches.

 

[rippleman]

Sorry, Missed existing thread. Could a mod merge / delete as they see fit please.

 

[RandyWanger]

fixtures

 

[Eeyore]

Sad news , was lucky enough to see him hit a century at the Central Ground it what I think was his last season in First Class cricket before retiring

That was the famous tied match.

He also went straight through the Sussex batting in the JPL match that Sunday. I remember watching it on the box.

 

[METALMICKY]

That's a shame. As a young kid just getting into cricket and trying to tweak a tennis ball in the back garden you were either Deadly Derek or Ashley Mallet.

 

[vegster]

What a bowler , unplayable some days. RIP Deadly.