On returning home he was involved in a serious car accident which resulted in him losing sight in one eye. Milburn's excellent Shield form and subsequent Test century looked to have cemented his spot in the England team, but sadly he never represented his country again. In one innings he smoked a scintillating double-century against Queensland, where he scored a believe-it-or-not 180 runs in a single session. "In the match, Colin "Ollie" Milburn had completed his second Test century after being recalled from Australia, where he had enjoyed a prolific Sheffield Shield season with Western Australia. When a riot brought the third Test in Karachi to a premature halt, the England team flew home immediately," said Chappell. "In 1969, England toured a bitterly divided Pakistan where the series was haunted by protests from the beginning. Many of these involved backstories, some of which were tragic and others amusing," he added. "In the past, tours have been aborted and matches abandoned for a variety of reasons. "The suspension of the 2021 IPL tournament because of surging Covid infections and deaths among the public, and a number of participants testing positive, was a reminder of the game's vulnerability," Chappell wrote in his column for ESPNcricinfo. READ | 'One day when they were 31/5, he demolished the attack': Aakash Chopra picks his overseas XI of IPL 2021 Chappell recalled moments where the game of cricket came to a halt due to various reasons. Earlier in the year, the Pakistan Super League as well as Australia's tour of South Africa were also affected due to the novel coronavirus.įormer Australia skipper Ian Chappell talked about some instances where he has seen the vulnerability of cricket while mentioning the suspension of IPL 2021. With the 14th season of the Indian Premier League coming to an abrupt halt, there has been a lot of talk regarding the game being affected by the situation related to Covid-19.
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