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TIM
van NOORT, former South African World Cup Captain
Part
4
ICW: Tim,
there are a lot of readers chomping at the bit for your next installment,
so to put them out of their misery we'll go with what we have
up to now. So, as far as indoor cricket goes, who have been your
major influences?
Nice to hear
there are some folk interested in these interviews :)
Influences......there
are quite a few really, as there should be, but two people stand
out in my mind as my major influences from an indoor cricket
perspective. One is South African, and the other Australian. I'm
talking about Andrew Hall and Dave Lewis.
As mentioned
earlier I was lucky enough to bat with Hally on the 1994 tour
of Australia and also the World Cup in England in 1995, and we
also managed to form a useful cover/back stumps fielding partnership.
He is an absolutely quality cricketer (as he is now proving for
South Africa proper!), and coupled with his determination and
aggressive desire to be the best, he not only taught me a lot
about the game, but also filled me with a high level of confidence
in my own ability.
Dave Lewis
coached the Australian men's team for what felt like forever.
I unfortunately never got to sit in on his team talks, as I was
on the other team getting the sharp end of his tactics. You would
have to ask the Australian players of his time about his actual
coaching techniques, but looking at his unbeaten record he was
obviously a great coach (if not the best ever), and a genuinely
good bloke. He always had time for a chat and a beer and I hope
to sit down with him someday and pick his brain!
ICW: Indoor
Cricket World is trying to nail Dave down long enough for an interview,
so we'll see if we can uncover some of his secrets for you.
That should
be interesting-I look forward to that.
ICW: Who
are some of the best players you have played against?
We agreed
at the beginning of our interviews that I wouldn't pick a "best
team", but I will mention a few of the best I have played
against.
From Australia:
Alan Wilson
Greg Matthews
Dion Muir
Craig Berger
John Weber.
And one of the best bowlers I ever faced was Clinton Chugg at
the 95 World Cup!
From New Zealand
:
Robbie Kerr
Robbie Bird
Graham Murray
Allan Hickford
Craig Foster.
From England
:
Michael Edmonds
Timmy Coleman
Andy Walton.
I've heard
there are some great players from Sri Lanka, but I have no personal
experience of them yet so I can't name any from there, but I hope
to play against them and some other new countries in the near
future…
There are
plenty of great players that I have not mentioned, and I think
that if you have been privileged to play at the highest level
it is a pretty good achievement in itself!
ICW: Thank
for the time and effort you've put into this Tim, I know there
are lots of people who really appreciate it, us included.
No worries
Sheldon, it's been fun. Hope to catch up with you somewhere sometime
soon. Thanks.
ICW: Likewise
Tim. Thanks again.
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