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Former Lancashire coach and player David "Bumble" Lloyd on Sir Clive Lloyd

My formative years were spent with Clive.He is a brilliant man an adopted Lancastrian, and was a fabulous player.He hit the ball so hard and was a magnificent fielder a game changer.He dragged the team along.We would look at him, as cautious county cricketers and think,I wonder if I can do that-let's see if I can do something different.I remember playing a Gillette Cup game against Gloucestershire at Old Trafford when we both scored hundreds.Jack Davey was just a medium pacer, left arm over, but I could not get him away.Clive came down to me and said,"you keep coming forward, go back", I said,"But he's bowling a fuller length"He said,"Just go back, it will give you more time and you can hit him over the leg side" It worked.
In that same game Procky (Mike Procter ) bowled a bouncer at Clive and he got into an almighty tangle and it went down to fine-leg,I think for six over the keeper. Procky gave him a mouthful and Clive came down the wicket to me and said,"This man is vexing me,I'm going to hit him into the pavilion". And he did!!

What I found amusing about this anecdote is the header I used because that is just how Guyanese speak so I know it is 100% accurate

In reply to Dukes

Your title is vexing me

Maybe in Georgetown ... but it’s “” de man getting meh vex””.. or “ don’t vex me””. “ don’t get meh vex””
But never on the east bank it’s THE MAN VEXXING ME...

But the only man to get Clive vex is Farooq Engineer ... ask him about that sometime..
After out of town games Engineer would be driving Clive and himself back to homebase..
Except Engineer stop at every pub and Clive left in car sleeping. Now that vex Clive..
Let Clive tell it .. you will die laughing

In reply to CITYBOY

Indeed Clive and Rookie were close friends.

In reply to CITYBOY

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I grew up in Georgetown,...“” de man getting meh vex””.. is more like it...in fact I will add 'damn'

'de man getting meh damn vex””.

In reply to Narper

Perhaps Bumble put an English twist on what Clive actually said

In reply to Dukes

Good story dat

In reply to Dukes

I’ve been privileged to have interacted with the big man on a few occasions and I must say he is nothing more than a gentle giant!

In reply to Dukes

See why our present day WI cricketers can't bat. The play Englishman cricket. They cannot not make that backfoot adjustment to play the attacking shot to the legside. This stupid fending in the air to short balls instead of adjusting back and pulling or whipping the balls to leg. Someone needs to remind the coaches that they are more holes on the legside much of the game. But then again these fellows have no use of their wrist to play these shots.

In reply to Dukes

Yes, we do . Despite how good I try to speak a Guyanese or Guyanese children living in New York always ask if I’m Guyanese. Sometimes, very strangely a few ask to my annoyance, if I am Barbadian.
My first sight of the great man was as a boy I was walking from Camp Street crossing over Lamaha Street going into Eve Leary Police compound, and I saw this very tall thin youngman and I recognized him to be the bespectacled Clive Lloyd.
Yes Dukes” this man getting me vexed” is the Guyanese way of speaking .