🏏 G’day cricket tragics, Ash here. Today’s special episode hits a little differently - we’re pausing the banter to honour a genuine cult hero of the game — the incomparable Robin “The Judge” Smith.
🏏 We pay tribute to a cricketer who wasn’t polished, wasn’t pretty, — but was pure theatre. A bloke who could look out of form in county cricket, then walk into a Test match against world-destroying West Indies quicks and start belting them like it was backyard Christmas cricket. A man who wore bouncers to the face like most people wear sunscreen.
🏏 We look back on his unforgettable knocks. We remember the courage, the swagger, the moustache that should have had its own central contract — and yes, the slightly Cullinan-esque struggles against leg spin.
🏏 But more importantly, we honour the man off the field: warm, funny, generous, unfiltered, and in later years, brave enough to speak openly about mental health long before it was fashionable or encouraged.
🏏 Robin Smith didn’t just play cricket — he lit it up.
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