sally cinnamon wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/15185575.stm
Came as a shock to me this - wasn't aware he was ill.
Always an interesting character Dilley and he had real pace and could swing the ball away. I wasn't old enough to remember his heroics in 1981 (although I've seen the footage plenty of times) but when I started getting into cricket he was our premier fast bowler having picked up a lot of wickets on a NZ tour.
Sad news to hear of his passing.
Used to see him around Loughborough alot, where he was coaching, and saw no sign he was ill last time I saw him a few weeks ago so it must have been very sudden.
Sad news.
