"Bernard [Thomas, the England physio] didn't have any Vaseline; he only had Vaseline-impregnated gauze. He stuck these to JK [Lever's] and Willis' foreheads but when they bowled, the things ...

During England's tour of India in 1976-77, their fast bowler John Lever had an incredible Test in Delhi, taking 7 for 46 and 3 for 24. However, controversy erupted during the third Test in Chennai ...

Physiotherapist Bernard Thomas suggested the two wear a strip of gauze across their eyebrows held in place with Vaseline channel the sweat away from their eyes. Lever, who used the sweat from his ...

In his wisdom, our physiotherapist decided that he should do what marathon runners do, that is put some Vaseline-impregnated gauze into the eyebrows of the bowlers. By doing so, it would channel ...