Joe Solomon: blast from the past !

He kept his cool to create Test cricket's most exciting moment.

And Joe Solomon, now 86, is still cool 

Australia need one run to win; the West Indians must attack.

Joe Solomon as a fieldsman is dazzling. His aim is true, honed by years of pelting

stones at mangoes as a boy back home in Guyana.

Last over he threw down the stumps from midwicket to run out Alan Davidson..

Two deliveries remain in the match. The scores are level.

One run for an Australian victory, one wicket for the first tie in Test history.

Lindsay Kline faces up to Hall, he simply wants to put bat on ball, and run.

The pressure is immense. But there is no more level-headed West Indian

on the field than Joe Solomon.

And when Kline nudges the ball behind square, Solomon is ready !

He sees the ball coming his way; he has no time to think. He acts on instinct,

runs to the ball, picks it up, aims at the one and only stump he can see.

And, like he did in the previous over, and like he did with all those stones aimed

at mango stalks, he hits. :-*

His team-mates leap in joy. Kline's partner, Ian Meckiff, is run out.

History has been made, and Joe Solomon made it.

Joe Solomon, at far left, is still watching, his arms in follow-through position 

40-year reunion :

Solomon at far left with Ian Meckiff, Lindsay Kline and Wes Hall

The Man in the Photo : 56 years ago !

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Asked to name the best fieldsmen he ever saw, Solomon nominates :

Rohan Kanhai and Basil Butcher .

It is perhaps no coincidence that they came from the same small village as Solo!

In fact, the cricketing output of tiny Port Mourant, Berbice, is remarkable:

Solomon, Kanhai, Butcher, Alvin Kallicharran, Ivan Madray and John Trim

all emerged from there to play Test cricket