'So long, TJ'

Friend and former team-mate Ashley Mallett pays tribute to Terry Jenner in the Sunday Herald Sun.

Fourteen-year-old Terry Jenner was leaning on the wall of our ancient wooden pavilion at Shearn Park in Mt Lawley, an inner suburb of Perth.

"I'm a wicketkeeper," he said with a grin, "But I plan to become a leg-spinner."

Ah, I thought, every keeper thinks they can bowl leg-breaks. Terry spoke as though the world was his oyster. He exuded confidence.