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[Aldred Cricket Bats]

How lucky was I to learn my cricket under this guy as captain for a season. Learnt a lot from him. A tough uncompromising figure but he looked after you if you worked hard. Just saw this on laver and woods Facebook page. I played with him at the end of his career and he was still unbelievable and took the Micky out of fielders with his running between the wickets and had us as fit as anything. We never had a day off, he said it would be 2 hours intensive quality practice or all day if it wasn't still keep in touch with him too bloke.

http://youtu.be/iLwzIzu4hw0

[BigBlueMachine]

I've heard a few things about Dean Jones...one being the bed sheet game, did he ever do that one?

[jamesisapayne]

I've never really seen much of him but he looks a very good player - powerful hitter either side of the wicket. Some of the pickups over midwicket were effortless.

The main thing I feel from seeing that video is how much I miss Tony Greig's commentary :-(

[jbrommo]

One of the reasons I love cricket, he was my first hero! The story of his famous innings in India is amazing!

[Jenko]

I've heard a few things about Dean Jones...one being the bed sheet game, did he ever do that one?

Bed sheet game?? Google isn't telling me anything about this!

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Yes great story. I batted out at the oval with dominic cork and I had bust my wrist lasted for over an hour corky batted awesum and I got peppered by Chris Lewis from around the wicket as I couldn't defend myself got pinned more times than I care to remember broke two helmets and I scored 4 runs and that was over the keeper off the top of my bat handle we drew the match. Deano said stuff all to me I travelled home with the coach and he didn't say stuff all as far as we'll done and I was feeling quite proud of myself and was thinking over a period of a few days that they could have said well done that takes some guts or something along those lines. But no. I then heard the story of dean jones putting himself in intensive care because Alan border had told him  basically that he was weak for wanting to go off the field as he was vomiting and had dehydration. I suddenly realised that I was now playing a tough sport with a tough character and it sort of put my little knock into perspective.
 I should have been out for 6 weeks but we had a ruck of bowlers injured. I hadn't been allowed to put my wrist in a pot just a brace and it was my bowling arm, so it was set in a backward position in this brace and I was told I was going to have to play in the one dayer. But my wrists bust skip, so what your playing. I opened up and bowled at the death. I got panned everywhere as it was floating out more than normal and then I got a bollocking for bowling (No Swearing Please). He was right I did but I felt I had an excuse but that didn't matter. Tough man but if you put yourself on the line he looked after you.

[trypewriter]

Thanks for that Paul. I'd forgotten just how good he was.

[Number4]

Aussies had a few tough men in that era.. Jones, Border, S.Waugh.... Jones was great to watch.

Boony was another tough man.. they say he had an extremely high pain threshold

[Alvaro]

And an extremely high alcohol threshold?

[Number4]

And an extremely high alcohol threshold?

Maybe that helped the pain threshold

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

And an extremely high alcohol threshold?

It was character building. The great thing with Deano was that he treated you like men. If you trained hard and played hard he would say that you could go out for a beer do what you wanted as he liked a beer but if you weren't able to do you job the next day then there would be trouble. It was your responsibility for your own actions. Others after wanted to put curfews on you tell you what you could and couldn't do which was treating them as children especially disliked as the person putting these rules down would be out drinking till all hours in certain places. One rule for one and one for the other.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

If you think the wrist was a tough time our coach was Deanos side kick les stillman, we were playing against NOTTS at Trent bridge championship match it was the Saturday and in the days of Sunday league so you finished the championship on the Monday, Well it was going to be a tough day as I knew at some point during that day I would have the phone call as my father had been ill and was going to pass away so I told the coach and Deano and left my phone with them. We nearly bowled NOTTS out but Paul pollard batted well and won the game for them Deano bowled me hard that day and I bowled well with not much luck, I remember it like it was yesterday strangely. Anyway we lost about lunchtime just as I got in the changing rooms my phone went and off home I rushed. That evening I phoned les up and the conversation went like this

Myself. Les it's Aldo here just to let you know that I won't be available tomorrow as I need to be with the family, obviously a bit of a tough time for everyone.

Coach. Well that's your decision mate it will be hard to get back in the team as you have been playing well recently.

Myself. Well I appreciate that les but the obviously it's a tough time for my mum so I need to be home.

Coach. Well that's your decision let me know when your back in.

[VKS]

Fantastic cricketer and now just as good a commentator on some of the overseas sports channels.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Yes Deano knows his stuff and I like the fact he says what he thinks people get a bit miffed now days if people speak honestly.

[Johng]

Recent article written by the great man well worth a read.

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/the-case-for-the-defence-20131011-2vedg.html