The 1979 World Cup
'Blimey, the bugger can't bend as well can he.'
Brian Close, witnessing Joel Garner for the first time at Somerset, 1977.
During the World Cup, he didn't need to bend. His 5 for 38 off 11 overs destroyed England in the final at Lord's. Lloyd's four-pronged pace attack, Marshall, Croft, Roberts and Garner, ruled by terror and attrition.
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