Derek Pringle says the Bob Willis Trophy is a fi tting tribute to his old team-mate and colleague

PRINGLE’S VIEWPOINT

The Bob Willis Trophy is 20in tall and depicts a silver, grey and black outline of Big Bob in full flow, about to deliver, red ball in hand. Based on a cubist painting of him by his widow Lauren Clark, the figure, although flat, conjures a dynamic flail of angular limbs - not unlike the man himself. Willis died of prostate cancer last December at the age of 70 and this trophy, fashioned by Edward Asprey, the Queen’s jeweller, celebrates one of ...