Graeme Wood 100 off 305 Balls 375 Mins 3 Fours vs Pakistan 3rd Test at MCG First Innings in Dec 1981
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00:00There are centuries that dazzles the crowd, and then there are those that echo in silence
00:05innings, played not for glory, but for honor.
00:08In this rare footage, we revisit a stoic knock by Graham Wood, who carved out a painstaking
00:13100 runs of 305 balls, occupying the crease for over six hours, 375 minutes to be precise,
00:21in the first innings of the third Test against Pakistan at the MCG Ground in December 1981.
00:28It was an innings born out of adversity, the Australian was tearing down the barrel under
00:33siege from a spirited Pakistani attack that showed no mercy.
00:38And yet aimed the fall of wickets and rising pressure, Graham Wood stood alone, a man anchored
00:43in technique and temperament, refusing to surrender.
00:46This was no flamboyant innings, just three boundaries pierced the outfield.
00:51Every run was earned, every moment of battle, though Australia would eventually succumb to
00:56any innings defeat.
00:58Graham Wood's century remained a defiant manument, etched into the story of a match many have
01:03forgotten, but one that purists will always remember.
01:06So let us pause and watch not just a hundred, but a quiet resistance at one of the cricket's
01:12grandest stages, the MCG.
01:14This is Graham Wood unyielding, uncelebrated and utterly unforgettable.
01:21I should think in the Australian dressing room there were a few oohs and ahs of that, particularly
01:36the fellow who's got the pads on coming in next.
01:39Well that was the sort of stroke that made the introduction of Iqbal Qasim into the attack
01:44look logical.
01:45Last ball of the day coming up and a man's been dropped out for Graham Wood, halfway to
01:52the fence, behind Square Lake, to cater for that sweep that Wood played in the last over.
01:57And he got runs from that, and they will take three if Laird is quick enough to come back.
02:09Yes he will.
02:11Three more to Wood and the ball floods into the turf, another bit of shine comes off it,
02:16and the Australians finish 15 for no wicket, with Laird on eight and Wood six.
02:21Sarpres to Wood, small pride, into the vacant third man position, four runs.
02:37And that's Graham Wood's favourite area, he loves scoring runs down through that gully position.
02:43He just squirts it, guides it, deflects it, call it what you will, but he does it very well.
02:51Imran Khan, volleying now to Graham Wood.
02:55Finds the edge and that goes square down to fine leg.
03:01Two to Graham Wood, and Australian batsmen not really middling the ball this morning,
03:07a little bit of moving off the seam for Imran.
03:10And there's that lack of bounce that's causing them to delay their shot,
03:15not quite getting in the middle of the bat at this early stage.
03:17It's a little confidence in running.
03:20He often says that he finds himself embarking on risky singles because he runs quicker than the man at the other end.
03:27Oh, and that jumped up and hit him under the chin from the pad.
03:34It's a nasty one because Imran now aiming at the rough.
03:39And once you commit yourself forward, on that occasion struck the pad from straight up under the chin.
03:46His sarpra is to Wood.
03:50Wood looks for two.
03:55Does it comfortably enough.
03:59There's a nice crisp stroke away through extra colour.
04:11Needs to be in innings of discipline from the Australians today.
04:23Need to keep their head down.
04:27Sikanda bowling to Graham Wood.
04:37Finishing three there to Graham Wood.
04:43Certainly would have been four the two previous days,
04:46but the rain we had here in Melbourne last night.
04:48Slowed that outfield down.
04:50Bruce Leeds taking quite a risk picking those balls off the middle stump
04:55and occasionally off the middle and off and punching them away on the onside.
04:58His sarpra is to Wood.
05:01I suppose you have to say that was a thickish edge,
05:11but Wood kept it down very nicely and played it away between the fielders.
05:18As we've seen so often during his test match,
05:20no third man in play down there on the boundary
05:23and anything that gets through those slips, there is a certain boundary.
05:27The Australians yesterday went practically the whole game
05:30without having a third man.
05:32Now Pakistan doing the same thing.
05:34A little drier down that outer end.
05:37Before which Graham Wood just leant on,
05:39and went very quickly down to the boundary.
05:56Good shot.
05:57Good shot.
05:58Back foot.
05:59Big gap there.
06:00Just a couple.
06:01I won't give it full value.
06:06Motion to the car on the fielder.
06:09End of the over from Sarfraz.
06:1060 on the board.
06:14Wasim Raja bowling now to Graham Wood.
06:20Shot.
06:22Back foot.
06:23Big gap there.
06:25Just a couple.
06:26That's right from Odessa.
06:34Iqal Kazim to Wood.
06:38A sweep shot there and that couldn't have been far away.
06:41His front foot straight down the line
06:43and umpire Bailash gave that considerable thought
06:47before knocking it back.
06:51We're going for these sweep shots
06:53and perhaps that was missing the upstamp.
07:04Just like a clicker ball.
07:05Well played that by Wood.
07:07Backing away a little bit
07:08to give himself a little bit more room
07:10and cutting it away down towards third man.
07:16It's Wood's first run for 26 minutes.
07:18He's been very quiet.
07:20Good looking shot from Wood.
07:21Good placement.
07:24Bleating the fielder there.
07:31Wasim Raja bowling now to Graham Wood.
07:40Well that's an interesting shot.
07:42Come outside offstamp there.
07:44A half or sweep shot.
07:46Just a hint of desperation.
07:50But safely placed.
07:52It came off the middle of the bat
07:53and Wood gets himself three.
07:59Well that ball was pulled away
08:02from outside the upstamp
08:03and through mid-wicket.
08:06Perhaps trying to break the shackles
08:08and trying to hit Kazim out of his length.
08:12But Kazim at the moment
08:14bothering both the players.
08:17That was there to prevent it from going through.
08:23And that's it away on the leg side again.
08:26It hit away pretty well too.
08:27And one of the reasons I think
08:35why Wood every now and again
08:36plays that shot
08:38is he's feeling the pressure
08:39of the silly point
08:40who's fielding very, very close.
08:41Javid Meandad
08:42in on the offside there
08:44in the white hat.
08:45Iqbal Kazim
08:47to Wood.
08:52That one little short
08:53and well played.
08:54And that's the one Wood's waiting for.
08:57Backing away
08:57and cracking it out
08:58on the offside
08:59the ball rolling down
09:00towards the boundary
09:01but cut off
09:01just a yard short of it
09:03by Mosey.
09:06And so Wood on to 49 now
09:07just one short of his half century
09:09a good effort by him.
09:12It's a good shot by
09:13Wood.
09:15And he backed away
09:17enough there
09:18to give him room
09:20to play that shot.
09:22Very good placing.
09:24Iqbal Kazim
09:25to Wood.
09:29Wood allow you
09:30to go to the keeper.
09:31So Wood on 49
09:32just one short
09:33of the half century
09:33Chapel 7.
09:35And the Australians
09:36won for 96
09:37just four short of 100.
09:38Remember
09:38301 is their first hurdle.
09:42If they get 301
09:43they won't have to follow on.
09:45Wood drives.
09:49Two men out there
09:50saving the single
09:51so no run
09:51and Wood in no hurry.
09:54I wonder whether
09:55you'll be tempted
09:56Tony to ask Kazim
09:57to bowl over the wood.
09:58He'll bowl into the rough
09:59outside the left-handers-off stump.
10:02Kazim's still coming
10:03around the wood.
10:04As I mentioned
10:10that rough a little
10:10early on
10:11the only problem
10:12with that
10:12is that on two occasions
10:13so far in the spell
10:15twice he must be
10:16in the outside
10:17edge of Wood's bat
10:18the ball that's
10:19angled across him.
10:20So I suppose
10:21that's why he's
10:24staying around the wicket.
10:25As again
10:26you could see there
10:26a little bit of drift
10:27across the left-hander
10:29and he has
10:32as I've said
10:32played on
10:33one or two occasions
10:34at balls outside.
10:35That off stump
10:35and played
10:36and missed him back.
10:39And that's it.
10:40He's played it around
10:40on the leg side
10:41to a straight-ish ball
10:42and so
10:43Bramwood
10:43has scored 50.
10:59He'd be very
11:00satisfied with that.
11:01He's 50
11:02in 128 balls.
11:05He's scored
11:06in 152 minutes.
11:08He's also involved
11:09in an opening
11:10partnership
11:11of 75 with lead.
11:13Iqbal Kazim
11:14to Wood.
11:17And there's a big
11:18appeal there
11:18for LBW.
11:19That must be
11:19very close.
11:21Well,
11:21they will persist
11:22with the sweep shot
11:23and it's caused
11:24a few problems
11:25in this match
11:25and could have
11:27been another one.
11:28Look at the pad
11:29there.
11:29It's right in front
11:30of the middle stump.
11:31You cannot see
11:32a single stump there.
11:35Lampire Baylis
11:36shaking his head.
11:38He must have
11:39had second thoughts
11:39about that
11:40and probably
11:41said,
11:42well,
11:42Wood's too far
11:43down the wicket
11:44for me to guess.
11:46I think that's
11:47exactly what he
11:48said because
11:48it must have
11:49been very close.
11:50That's the end
11:50of the over.
11:51One from 98.
11:51Iqbal Kazim
11:54to Wood.
11:57That's well played.
11:58Just turned around
11:59very fine on the
12:00leg side.
12:01The ball
12:01pitched around
12:02at that leg stump
12:03and
12:03nice to play.
12:05Chapel coming back
12:05to three
12:06and making it.
12:09A delicate little
12:09shot there by
12:10Graham Wood.
12:12No one fielding
12:13in the leg slip
12:13position,
12:14so perfectly safe.
12:15Kazim, for one
12:19strain down
12:19the leg side.
12:22Very quick
12:23to reflect
12:25that ball.
12:26Not too much
12:27power behind
12:28the stroke.
12:28I just wonder
12:31whether Kazim
12:32would be far
12:32better advised
12:33to go over.
12:34They just confuse
12:34themselves in the
12:35field.
12:37That's not a good
12:38shot.
12:38It's in the air.
12:39Oh, it's going
12:40to be muck up.
12:41And Imran,
12:41they still look
12:42at each other.
12:43Imran, all the
12:44time in the world.
12:45And Saurfraz,
12:46Imran stopped.
12:48And what a
12:48red-off, and what
12:49a disappointment
12:49for Kazim.
12:52Listen to the
12:53crowd.
12:54I said that
12:54Wood had
12:54concentrated.
12:56He had until
12:56that juncture.
12:57He dropped
12:57his head in shame.
12:59But it would
13:00drop his head
13:00in shame.
13:01What is Imran
13:02doing at the
13:02moment?
13:03He must be
13:04hanging his head
13:05in absolute
13:06mortification
13:07because it was
13:08a case of
13:09mid-on,
13:09leaving it
13:10to mid-off.
13:13That was
13:13certainly Saurfraz's
13:14catch, but
13:15Imran moved
13:16late, and lunged,
13:19took his eyes
13:20off the ball.
13:22And that was
13:23a tragedy for
13:23the Pakistan side.
13:25Desperation hit
13:25down the ground
13:26by Wood,
13:26concentration
13:27broke.
13:30And Borda
13:31gets the
13:33full tosses
13:33and puts it
13:34away, and
13:35what a
13:35difference it
13:35makes.
13:38Well, in the
13:38space of two
13:40deliveries, we've
13:40seen the
13:41concentration of
13:41three people
13:42break.
13:43First of all,
13:43that of
13:43Graham Wood,
13:44who hid it
13:44into the
13:45air.
13:46Then of
13:46Imran, who
13:47couldn't get
13:47to the catch,
13:48and possibly
13:48that of
13:49Saurfraz,
13:49whose catch
13:51it should have
13:51been.
13:52And now we've
13:53seen Kazim
13:54lose concentration
13:55because he
13:56bowled that
13:56absolutely
13:57succulent
13:58full toss
13:59for
13:59board of
14:01dispatch.
14:09That's the end
14:09of the
14:10event ball
14:10over.
14:11Two for
14:12127.
14:12Just on
14:16that spot
14:17there.
14:18That's the
14:18danger spot
14:19there for
14:20Graham Wood.
14:35Roger now,
14:36bowls to the
14:36left-hand of
14:37Graham Wood.
14:37That's the
14:43way to do
14:43it, pitch it
14:44in the rough
14:44stuff, and
14:45the batsman
14:45doesn't have
14:46any real
14:46idea of
14:47which way
14:47it's going
14:47to turn
14:48or bounce.
14:50Three for
14:51one, five,
14:51six.
14:53That was
14:53good bowling
14:53and good
14:54thinking.
14:58That caught
14:59the outside
15:00edge, pitched
15:01in the rough,
15:02and Kazim
15:03has been so
15:04unlucky today,
15:05a stumping
15:05chance missed
15:06off him, and
15:07then that
15:08catch of
15:09wood.
15:09This time
15:10let's go the
15:11sharp chance.
15:13It was on
15:14his left as
15:15well, so
15:16he's left
15:16hander.
15:19And
15:20Raja,
15:22and there's
15:23Kasim,
15:24and there's
15:26Raja looking
15:27very, very
15:28sad indeed.
15:29Well, Pakistan's
15:30fielding today
15:31certainly hasn't
15:32been up to
15:33the mark.
15:34Three possible
15:35chances
15:35Minkan
15:37to Graham
15:38Wood.
15:53Three for
15:53100, and
15:54remember that
15:57the umpires
15:59have to be in
15:59position before
16:01the clock is
16:04in fact on
16:04six o'clock,
16:05and clearly
16:06it's only just
16:06moving into
16:07position now,
16:07so
16:08straight away
16:10in which
16:11first ball
16:11takes a
16:13single,
16:14and that
16:14gives
16:15well in the
16:15strike.
16:20And
16:20Woodbury
16:21adept at
16:21getting singles
16:22this innings.
16:25And he's
16:25played right
16:26into the
16:26Pakistan hands
16:27here,
16:28so it's just
16:29what they
16:29wanted.
16:30And Wood
16:30away from
16:31the strike
16:31so as
16:32they can
16:32put the
16:32pressure
16:32right on
16:33down
16:34well in
16:34this last
16:35over.
16:37And Frank
16:37Tyson.
16:42Once again,
16:43the sweep
16:43shot by
16:44Wood,
16:44and well
16:44played.
16:46All the
16:46way along
16:46the ground
16:47there.
16:47Now,
16:48if he
16:48plays that
16:48shot well
16:49on perhaps
16:50two more
16:51occasions,
16:51I suspect
16:52Quasim will
16:53go back
16:53to round
16:54the wicket.
16:54insignificantly,
16:57that still
16:57only brought
16:58him a
16:58single.
16:59That's his
17:00eleventh
17:00single in
17:01succession.
17:03Well played,
17:04well controlled,
17:05and taken
17:05from the
17:06right position.
17:08But is
17:09the risk
17:09worth?
17:10Imran Khan
17:11to Graham
17:12Wood.
17:13There.
17:15There's no
17:16problems from
17:16over the wicket,
17:17and that's
17:17beautifully
17:17played.
17:20That breaks
17:21Wood's spell
17:22of twelve
17:22successive
17:23singles.
17:24Three to
17:28him there.
17:29In fact,
17:30four all
17:30run.
17:35Marget
17:35Khan
17:36run to
17:36Wood.
17:40Wood
17:41straightaway
17:41driving and
17:42calling for
17:42a single.
17:43And this
17:43could be
17:44overthrows.
17:44Yes,
17:45way down
17:45there towards
17:46third man,
17:47and there's
17:47no one
17:48down there.
17:48Zahir
17:48coming around.
17:50He'll cut
17:50it off
17:50before it
17:51does to
17:51the fence
17:51so they
17:52won't
17:52get fired.
17:53Instead,
17:54they'll get
17:54through.
17:58Well,
17:59a bit of
18:01an air of
18:01relaxation
18:02now creeping
18:02into the
18:03Pakistan
18:05out cricket.
18:07The reasoning
18:07behind
18:08Marget's
18:09introduction
18:09to the
18:09tank,
18:10possibly
18:10that he
18:13is an
18:13offender
18:14who could
18:14turn the
18:15ball away.
18:15good shot,
18:23nice deflection.
18:36Wood goes
18:37on now
18:37to 96,
18:3826 to
18:38Wellham.
18:39Iqbal Kazim
18:43balls to
18:44Graham Wood.
18:49That's
18:49well played
18:50by Wood.
18:52He got
18:53two more
18:53to go to
18:5498,
18:54but he
18:54waited for
18:55that ball.
18:56It was
18:56almost beaten
18:57by Iqbal Kazim.
19:00With
19:00Australia
19:01four for
19:01232.
19:03Kimran Khan
19:04to Graham Wood.
19:10Looks for
19:11two.
19:11We'll get
19:11it.
19:12That's it.
19:12A good
19:12hundred to
19:13Graham Wood.
19:23Good
19:23innings
19:23that from
19:24the left
19:24hander.
19:25He's
19:25responsible
19:26for
19:26running
19:26board
19:26has run
19:27out.
19:28He
19:28needed to
19:28make a
19:29big hundred
19:29and that's
19:31exactly
19:31what he's
19:31done.
19:32301
19:33balls
19:33faced.
19:33In 370
19:35minutes.
19:37100
19:37out of
19:37234.
19:41I'm a
19:41test match
19:41to make
19:42100 for
19:42Australia's
19:43greatest
19:44thrill of
19:44all time.
19:46What I've
19:46got to
19:46try and
19:47do now
19:47is go
19:48on with
19:48the game.
19:49Recently
19:49when I've
19:50made 100
19:50in a
19:50test I
19:51haven't
19:51got beyond
19:51126.
19:53That's
19:53what I'm
19:53aiming to
19:54do.
19:58In the
19:59sixth
19:59test
20:00century
20:00for
20:00Graham
20:01Wood.
20:03Had a
20:05couple
20:05let-offs.
20:07Graham
20:07Wood
20:08heads that
20:09list
20:10now.
20:11Slowest
20:12century
20:12makers
20:12for
20:13Australia.
20:15Surprase to
20:16Graham Wood
20:16and the new
20:17ball claims
20:17a second
20:18victim.
20:23He's gone.
20:24What a good
20:24catch that
20:25was.
20:25That's two
20:25good catches
20:26to take the
20:27two wickets
20:27to call this
20:28morning.
20:29First
20:29Swellum
20:29and now
20:30Mosin Khan
20:31catches Wood
20:32at cover
20:32going away
20:35to his
20:35right.
20:35That was a
20:36brilliant
20:36effort.
20:38Not a
20:38bad shot
20:38either but
20:39not quite
20:39to the
20:40pitch of
20:40the ball
20:40and a
20:40beautiful
20:41catch in
20:41the covers
20:42by Mosin
20:42Khan.
20:43It was
20:43going to
20:43his
20:44right.
20:45The
20:45movement
20:45was an
20:46outswinger
20:47to
20:47Graham
20:47Wood.
20:47He
20:48played
20:48forward
20:48hit it
20:49well.
20:50Was
20:50looking
20:50for
20:50runs
20:51and a
20:51good
20:51catch
20:52and
20:52the
20:52taking
20:52of
20:53his
20:53second
20:53new
20:53ball
20:54certainly
20:54bringing
20:54its
20:54advantages
20:55to
20:55Pakistan
20:56Graham
21:05Wood
21:05was
21:06a
21:06left-handed
21:06opening
21:07bestman
21:07known
21:08for
21:08his
21:08calm
21:08demeanor
21:09disciplined
21:09approach
21:10and
21:10gritty
21:11temperament
21:11at
21:12the
21:12crease.
21:12Technically
21:13sound
21:13and
21:13mentally
21:14tough
21:14Graham
21:15Wood
21:15was
21:15not
21:16flamboyant
21:16or
21:17aggressive
21:17rather
21:18he
21:18built
21:18his
21:19innings
21:19through
21:19patience
21:20and
21:20resilience.
21:21He
21:21had
21:21a
21:21compact
21:22stance
21:22played
21:23close
21:23to
21:23his
21:23body
21:24and
21:24often
21:25relied
21:25on
21:25timing
21:26rather
21:26than
21:26power.
21:27His
21:27footwork
21:27against
21:28fastballer
21:28was
21:29steady
21:29and
21:30while
21:30he
21:30was
21:30not
21:31dominant
21:31against
21:32spin
21:32he
21:32was
21:33effective
21:33through
21:34focus
21:34and
21:34application.
21:35Grimwood's
21:36ability
21:36to
21:36grind
21:37out
21:37runs
21:37in
21:38difficult
21:38situations
21:39made
21:39him
21:39a
21:40valuable
21:40asset
21:41in
21:41Australian
21:42top
21:42order
21:42during
21:43the
21:43early
21:431980s.
21:44Though
21:45not
21:45a
21:45naturally
21:46attacking
21:46player
21:47he
21:47could
21:47rotate
21:47the
21:48strike
21:48well
21:48and
21:49was
21:49particularly
21:49strong
21:50on
21:50the
21:51leg
21:51side.
21:51He
21:51rarely
21:52gave
21:52his
21:52wicket
21:53away
21:53cheaply
21:54and
21:54had
21:54the
21:54temperament
21:55to
21:55bat
21:56for
21:56long
21:56periods
21:57qualities
21:57that
21:58served
21:58him
21:58well
21:58in
21:59test
21:59match
21:59cricket
22:00especially
22:00in
22:01challenging
22:01conditions.
22:03Grimwood
22:03represented
22:04Australia
22:04in 59
22:05test
22:05matches
22:06between
22:061978
22:07and
22:081988.
22:09Over
22:09the course
22:10of his
22:10test
22:11career
22:11he
22:11amassed
22:12a
22:12total
22:12of
22:123,374
22:14runs
22:15in
22:15112
22:16innings
22:16with
22:16a
22:17respectable
22:17batting
22:18average
22:18of
22:1831.83.
22:20He
22:20registered
22:219 centuries
22:21and
22:2213
22:22half
22:23centuries
22:23with
22:24a
22:24high
22:24score
22:24of
22:24172.
22:26He
22:26was
22:26known
22:27for
22:27his
22:27calm
22:27presence
22:28at
22:28the
22:28crease.
22:29Graham
22:29would
22:29often
22:30held
22:30the
22:30innings
22:30together
22:31when
22:31wickets
22:32were
22:32tumbling
22:32at
22:33the
22:33other
22:33end.
22:34He
22:34was
22:34especially
22:34strong
22:35against
22:35space
22:36attack
22:36and
22:36had
22:36a
22:37particular
22:37knack
22:38for
22:38performing
22:38in
22:39testing
22:39overseas
22:40condition.
22:41In
22:41the
22:41field
22:41he
22:42was
22:42reliable
22:42to
22:43taking
22:4341
22:44catches
22:44across
22:45his
22:45test
22:45carrier.
22:46Despite
22:47not
22:47being
22:47the
22:48most
22:48flamboyed
22:48best
22:49man
22:49of
22:49his
22:49time,
22:50Graham
22:50Wood's
22:51ability
22:51to
22:51dig
22:52in
22:52and
22:52bat
22:52for
22:53long
22:53hour
22:53was
22:54a
22:54hallmark
22:54of
22:55his
22:55test
22:55tenure.
22:56However,
22:56a surprising
22:57statistic
22:57from his
22:58career is
22:59that he
22:59was
23:00run out
23:00ten
23:00times
23:01in
23:01test
23:01cricket,
23:02an
23:02unusually
23:03high
23:03number
23:03that
23:04hints
23:04a
23:04moment
23:05of
23:05misjudgment
23:06or
23:06risky
23:06running
23:07between
23:07the
23:07wickets.
23:08Still,
23:08his
23:08contributions
23:09often
23:09came
23:10in
23:10tough
23:10match
23:10situation,
23:11making
23:12him
23:12a
23:12respected
23:12figure
23:13in
23:13Australian
23:14side
23:14during
23:15a
23:15competitive
23:15era.
23:16In
23:16first-class
23:17cricket,
23:17Graham Wood
23:18enjoyed
23:18a far
23:19more
23:19prolific
23:20record.
23:20He
23:20played
23:21227
23:22first-class
23:23matches,
23:23scoring
23:2413,353
23:26runs
23:26in
23:26375
23:28innings,
23:28with an
23:29impressive
23:30average of
23:3039.97.
23:32He
23:32compiled
23:3335
23:33centuries
23:34and
23:3461
23:35fifties,
23:35with a
23:36top
23:36score
23:36of
23:36186
23:38not
23:38out.
23:38His
23:38consistency
23:39at the
23:40domestic
23:40level,
23:41particularly
23:41for
23:42Western
23:42Australia,
23:43cemented
23:43his
23:43reputation
23:44as one
23:45of the
23:45most
23:45reliable
23:46opener
23:46in the
23:47country's
23:47cricketing
23:48structure.
23:49Additionally,
23:49he took
23:50155
23:51catches,
23:51underlining
23:52his value
23:53in the
23:53fields as
23:54well.
23:54Graham Wood's
23:55legacy lies
23:56in his
23:56mental strength
23:57and technical
23:58foundation.
23:58Whether it
23:59was wearing
24:00downed
24:00world-class
24:01bowling
24:01attacks or
24:02standing
24:02firm
24:03at the
24:03crease
24:03for hours,
24:04he exemplified
24:05the gritty,
24:06understated
24:07style of
24:07batting that
24:08defined
24:08many of
24:09Australia's
24:10solid test
24:11performance
24:11of that
24:12era.
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