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Dennis Amiss begins with an apology.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a funeral to attend, so I am afraid I have to leave at 11 o\u2019clock,\u201d he says at the picturesque Edgbaston Golf Club in Birmingham on a slightly windy but glorious early English summer morning.<\/p>\n

It is only 10. There is plenty of time.<\/p>\n

Some 45 minutes and a nice cup of English tea later, time no longer seems enough. The 83-year-old has so much to tell. So many fascinating tales and insights into cricket.<\/p>\n

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Of Amiss\u2019s 11 Test hundreds, eight exceeded 150, a higher proportion even than that of Don Bradman.
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Of Amiss\u2019s 11 Test hundreds, eight exceeded 150, a higher proportion even than that of Don Bradman.
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After all, he is the first batter to score an ODI hundred. He is the first batter to wear a helmet. He was part of Kerry Packer\u2019s World Series Cricket, which revolutionised the game. He scored double hundreds against ferocious fast bowlers, got lessons from Bishan Singh Bedi on playing spin, and later served as an England selector.<\/p>\n

Bedi helped him out on England\u2019s tour of India in 1972-73. \u201cIt happened on our first tour with Tony Lewis as captain and you had the four great spinners, Bedi, B.S. Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna and S. Venkataraghavan, and the wickets turned and we had not come across pitches like that against such great bowlers,\u201d Amiss, who scored 3,612 runs from 50 Tests with 11 hundreds and as many fifties, tells Sportstar<\/i>. \u201cAnd we were going to Pakistan after the Indian tour. I was left out for the last Test.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bedi came up to him at Mumbai\u2019s Brabourne Stadium, the venue of the final Test. \u201c\u2019 Why were you not batting well? \u2018 he asked me,\u201d recalls Amiss. At the beginning of the season, we thought you would be the main batter. And I said, \u2018Well, you know, you bowl well at me, and you have got me out. The only thing is I can\u2019t practise because the nets are in the middle\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bedi asked Amiss to leave it to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will tell you what to do,\u201d says Amiss.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came back later and said, \u2018Pras, Venkat, and I will bowl at you, but not Chandrasekhar.\u2019 It was very kind of Bish, but I think that he was chastised for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

How did he get the idea of wearing a helmet while batting?<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Packer\u2019s World Series, there were 16 bowlers who could all bowl at 90 miles an hour and I was at a shop while talking to Tony Greig,\u201d says Amiss.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were motorcycle helmets which were adapted for cricket. Tony told me that Packer approved the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

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