Celebrating Jeff Thomson’s best batting performances

It was Jeff Thomson’s birthday recently – the legendary Thommo, pig shooter, fisherman, gardener, after dinner speaker and at one stage the fastest bowler in the world (true: they did a competition for it and everything).

A lot has been written about Thommo’s bowling and for good reason – who else has smashed David Lloyd’s box, Tony Greig’s toes and trained for international cricket by running after wild pigs – but in the interests of doing something different, I thought I’d shed a little light on his…