On this day in 1986: Mike Gatting had his nose broken by a Malcolm Marshall bouncer
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On this day in 1986: Mike Gatting had his nose broken by a Malcolm Marshall bouncer

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The incident occurred in the first England-West Indies ODI at Sabina Park, Kingston. On 18 February 1986, England batter Mike Gatting got hit on the nose by a bouncer from West Indies’ Malcolm Marshall. The ODI began with England’s opening order crumbling before the West Indies side. Sensing a threat from the budding partnership, West Indies captain Vivian Richards instructed Marshall to bowl a ‘perfume ball’, a delivery which passes so close to the batsman’s face that they can smell it. The delivery hit Gatting nose so hard that it broke off a piece of bone, which was later found embedded in the ball.

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