Robin Smith: 1963-2025 His image will endure

LIKE any other sport, English cricket has its defining moments.

- BY ANDY DUNN

Ben Stokes roaring at Headingley, Ian Botham celebrating at Headingley, Freddie Flintoff consoling at Edgbaston.

For all his brilliance, Robin Smith probably never produced a truly defining moment for his adopted country but he remains a defining image of an era.

And that is a truly great sporting legacy.

That image is of a player going toe-to-toe with some of the most hostile bowlers the sport has ever seen.

That image is of a player apparently seeing protective equipment as a sign of weakness and standing tall against fearsome quicks.