Page "Fred Trueman" Paragraph 93

Famous for his dislike of many aspects of the modern game, especially one-day cricket and the injury rate of fast bowlers, Trueman was criticised by some, such as Ian Botham, for being unduly negative about modern players and for glorifying cricket " in my day ".

He once remarked, amusingly without any sense of irony, " We didn't have metaphors in my day.

We didn't beat about the bush ".