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Old 11th Dec 2019, 20:07
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Originally Posted by pettinger93
A recent letter in 'The Times' repeated the remark by a New Zealand cricket captain, who had been a fighter pilot in WW2. When asked about how he handled the pressures of playing first class cricket, he laughed and said that there was no pressure, that 'real pressure was flying a mosquito over Europe in in 1943 with a Messerschmidt up your arse'.
It was the Australian all rounder Keith Miller.
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