Bodyline

Things of value are won by pain and sacrifice..my dad recently told me that..its not his own though .although he has used it on me several times :)

i still remember where we had both encountered this stmt for the first time..long long back DD use to show a series called the body line..and coz of my dad's passion for all and any sport..we used to watch it together..i remember enjoying the drama of harold larwood and Douglas Jardine and don bradman.. i was more fascinated by Jardine than any other character. i still remember the sarci smile that the actor playing jardine had..and i cried a lot when they showed the episode that depicted how larwood's career abruptly ends

Although it was quite a while ago i still remember 4 key scenes:

1. the scene in which this particular line was uttered.thsg of vaue are won by pain and sacrifice.

2.the scene in which larwood opens his door and finds a new pair of running shoes left there by Jardine..how he struggled through hardships to keep his passion alive.

3. how Jardine remarks to his manager (i think) [who had said - "posterity will not remember you in gud light" ] -- "But it has already forgotten you !!"

4. how larwood refuses to sign the apology to aussies saying- " i did what my captain asked me too" and pays a heavy price for this refusal

it was a gud show and i wish they rerun it some time!