He is one of the most charismatic sportsmen to ever set foot on a cricket pitch. "Cracker Jack" is the hugely entertaining story of the life and times of Jack Russell.
Fans of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and England have both had the privilege and pleasure of watching Robert Charles Russell - Jack Russell - over the years. Always entertaining, highly original, very talented and perhaps ever so slightly mad, the wicket keeper / batsman has become a cricketing legend. This is his story.
"Mad as his cap, but one of the greatest wicket keepers I've ever seen!" So spoke umpire Dickie Bird, who's final victim in his long career was ironically Jack Russell. Russell was indeed an incredibly gifted man behind the stumps, but he also possessed a great cricketing brain and was a very natural batsman as his records testify. This fantastic DVD shows you all of Russell's highlights including his centuries against Australia at Lords in 1989 and India in 1996. There is his world record feat of 11 dismissals in a match against South Africa in 1995, as well as his promising 94 on debut versus Sri Lanka. All this and much more including different milestones where Russell was present at the crease and interviews with the likes of David Gower and Michael Atherton.
This DVD is for the real cricket aficionado, detailing the life of one of the game's best-love characters, Jack Russell - batsman, wicketkeeper, painter and madcap!
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