Came across a lovely piece on Cricinfo today, talking about Eddie Barlow and the work he did to get cricket in Bangladesh to a decent standard.
It is written by the always excellent Andrew Miller and can be seen by clicking the link below
http://blogs.cricinfo.com/tourdiaries/archives/2010/03/eddies_barlow_m.php
It is well worth reading the comments that follow too, especially that by "cricketloveit", whose comment on last afternoon transformations of games for Western Province is equally pertinent and relevent to all those who remember Eddie's golden performances for Derbyshire.
Barlow less than his best was better than most at their peak and I would have loved to see him as Derbyshire coach.
Mind you, how he'd have managed without coming on himself to take two quick wickets I don't know.
Have a good one. Am off on the hunt for his autobiography, which I had never heard of...
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