As Graeme Hick finished his career it seemed as if every writer had to say goodbye, many of the very same folks who couldn't get rid of him soon enough years ago. Everyone worked their way through the same "Yeah-but" thesis - Yeah, he was good, but he was a failure in Tests. And everyone wrote as if they were presenting something new (I have written my feelings about him here and here).
Unless something new comes up, I promise these will be my last links to Graeme Hick retirement articles:
a) David Gower, another English batsman forever accused of not "maximizing his potential" which is odd since he scored more than 8,000 runs in Tests, offers his take on it. The article is interesting in that he tries to understand Hick from a more personal angle, his own. (A double treat is that the photo that accompanies the article features two of my favorite non-Indian players!).
b) Vic Marks, who had one of the best seats in the house when Hick scored a mammoth 405 not out, describes that day, and a few others, in a very engaging piece on the County giant.
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