Four days earlier, 42-year-old Colin Cowdrey was sitting at home in Kent looking forward to Christmas. But an injury crisis led to his being summoned to Australia to reinforce the beleaguered English tourists, and Cowdrey barely had time to get over jet-lag before he was thrown in at deep end in the second Test in Perth against a rampant Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson. Cowdrey made 22 and 41 and famously reduced Thomson to incredulous silence when he arrived at the wicket and politely introduced himself with a cheery: "Hello, I'm Colin Cowdrey, I don't believe we've met."
(from cricinfo)
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