Scott Oliver recounts the time when Courtney Walsh tore it up in the Northumberland league

If you were a mechanic from Morpeth, accountant from Ashington or butcher from Benwell Hill who played a good level of recreational cricket back in 1983, then the sight of Courtney Walsh standing at the top of his mark was probably enough to acquaint you with both heebies and jeebies.
There was not a whole lot of difference in height, skill-set or temperament between the fully developed shock/stock-bowling hybrid that routinely terrorised international batters and the 19-yearold who arrived to pro f...