Chris Harris' life in sport among other things
At 40, Chris Harris still feels fit and the desire is there
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
At 40, Chris Harris still feels fit and the desire is there. In fact, he reckons he has two or three seasons left in him. When you love the game as much as Harris does, it's only natural to continue on. And you are as old as you feel, he claims, which in Harris' case means he is only 30. Chris Rattue interviews him in the New Zealand Herald.
If you weren't a cricketer, what would you like to be?
A Formula One driver or a golfer. I say F1 because that is seen as the pinnacle of car racing, but I love any type of racing. I went in a smash-up derby in Ashburton once. I bought an Austin Cambridge and came fourth or fifth. I didn't let my cricket bosses know of course.
In the same paper, David Leggat picks out the ten best Basin Reserve Test memories.
Waqar Younis, in his new role as commentator for the New Zealand-Pakistan Tests, believes the standard of fast bowling nowadays is more computerised and more analysing. He attributes it to the big difference is the characters. Sam Worthington catches up with the former Pakistan captain in the Dominion Post
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In the 80s and 90s there were more characters on the field than now. Now it's more mechanical, like machines are bowling. Nice target bowling and if the runs are coming fast, put the fielders back. In our day we'd push the batsmen back on to the back foot.