Memories of the Adelaide Oval

Andrew Faulkner, writing in the Australian, reminisces how watching Graham Yallop thump India at the Adelaide Oval 34 years ago drew him into a lifelong love of cricket.

Out on the off-white and scorching concrete Adelaide Oval terraces, the boy watched Graham Yallop score 121 against India 34 years ago. Young minds as they are, Yallop sounded like wallop, which is exactly what the future Australian captain did that day in Adelaide. The boy's fascination with Yallop, along with the dash of debutant opener Rick Darling and obduracy of Bob Simpson, ended his parents' dreams of him winning Wimbledon.