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A defining image of cricketing greatness

Daily Mirror UK

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December 03, 2025

LIKE any other sport, cricket has its defining moments, and 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 his era.

And that is a truly great sporting legacy to leave.

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

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

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