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Phil Wilkins

Forster, New South Wales, Australia
Sports journalist

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Q: NSW Cricket Golden Summer of 1984-85

For once in a garlanded life, Imran was house-bound, manacled by forces beyond his control. So, the much-awaited gathering of the NSW cricketing greats of the all-conquering 1984-85 team have received the grievous bulletin that the 35th anniversary reunion luncheon to celebrate their historic Sheffield Shield and McDonald’s Cup double triumph has been postponed.

Just a glance at the Blues squad of that summer promised it would be a special season for NSW, perhaps even a marvellous summer. But, cricket being the magnificently headstrong, unpredictable animal it can be, greatness was never set in stone for summer’s ending.

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