Mark Butcher's emotional tribute to Bob Willis | ESPN Cricket

[@mastertemple8369]

As an Australian, we respect Bob Willis as one of England's best fast bowler ever...Good man too

[@harryrambler]

Bob. You've finished your spell of bowling on this little village green. Your captain told me that you should rest for a spell by fielding Long Stop near those trees and the sweet grass of England.

[@pauldrummond8641]

harryrambler RIP Bob. We enjoyed playing against you here in WI

[@larrywatson5675]

that a lovely tribute!!

[@kevinhiggins910]

Back in the early 1980s in a Glamorgan v Warwick Sunday match he spent the whole tea break signing autographs. He got a standing ovation.

[@TheLeylander]

I watched him play superb player , loved his commentaries and his sense of humour , a great loss to the game R.I.P Bob Willis .

[@blackopman1]

R. I. P Bob Willis. I remember him terrorising us Aussies when I was a lad. Fabulous bowler with the heart 💓 of a true British Lion. Sadly missed but great memories remain.

[@shaunthepostman]

What a brilliant, upright, funny man! His infectious love for the game and unrelenting honesty in speaking his mind will be missed with each passing day. RIP, Bob. Love and gratitude from India.

[@vantheman12welshman66]

Sat in my car and it came on the radio. Fucking hurt me. Very upsetting. Great passage Mark Butcher. You’re a good man.

[@vantheman1238]

Ashley Dixon it’s called emotion mate. We all express ourselves differently.

[@wasptours7326]

Rip sir I am heartbroken I love all players of this beautiful game that England gave to the world😭😭😭

[@jonesnax]

Bless you all and bless Bob. What lovely words for an England legend. RIP

[@199019852007]

The verdict won't be the same without him

[@balegareth1976]

Bob was always spot on and always fair

[@harishussein3270]

RIP Bob you'll forever be missed.

[@garrywood5345]

Sometimes You Only Realise The True Value Of A Moment When It Becomes A Memory...That Test in 1981 Is Bolted In Every Cricket Loving Fans Mind Forever.

[@madness5327]

Plauing cricket in the front yard of our neighborhood house in perth western Australia, all the kids had to pick their top 11 cricketers around the world ,everyone wanted Bob Willis . A true legend.

[@only1utdanditsleeds]

Nice comment and sentiment

[@stevebrindle1724]

-Surely one of the greatest fast bowlers ever to play for England, up there with Fred Trueman and the great Jimmy Anderson!

[@jakenorthbriz]

Butcher said it well, rest in peace Mr. Willis. I absolutely loved your commentary and cricket will never be the same without you. You made this sport sound absolutely fantastic with your very high standard of the English vocabulary mixed with a very high knowledge of each individual player. This made me the viewer so heavily invested in every milestone reached by either batsman or bowler. I always loved how he sounded genuinely impressed when accomplishments were reached. Rip Mr Willis.

[@riazuddin4920]

All the villages, with all their greens, fall silent, for one of it's true greats falls.

[@charlesdale5965]

That splendid catch by Graham Dilley off of Bob Willis's bowling. Headingley 1981.

[@wilihgrolsch3544]

All bless Bob. A real leader. So nice to hear butchy say kind things. We love MB too. Bob got 2 pak test openers out, both 1st ball, one over in 82.

[@nigelawson5524]

Mark Butcher is a touch of class, and lovely tribute to an incredible Cricketer in Mr Willis

[@paulrichardson5450]

Great tribute from Butcher respect ! 👏 Bob Willis a true legend 👌

[@leboeuf05]

i dont think england have had a fast bowler like him since. put everything into every delivery. loved watching him bat too. used to throw his bat at almost everything, getting him a few streaky 4's or a 6 here and there. certainly not a number 11 rabbit. RIP Bob

[@liamdunphy7496]

Anderson....

[@andymac3820]

@@liamdunphy7496 ok boomer

[@rmd8873]

as fans, we will miss Bob dearly. My thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.

[@layyah0905]

Started following cricket in 1982 and Bob's book was so startlingly honest. So many iconic moments. A Roman amongst Greeks!

[@brunoghezzi5957]

Brilliant bowler, great pundit; loved Bob Dylan; wonderful person; we will miss him terribly...

[@michaelayliffe7238]

As a kid, I would take off my hero's Marshall, Thomson and Willis. A quiet gentlemen off the field, but when Bob had the ball things were about to happen, The world is a sader place now.

[@madness5327]

I had Bob Willis,Malcolm Marshall Jeff Thompson and D k Lillie in my backyard side ,Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge as my openers ,Border and Viv Richards as my middle order ,Jeffery Dujon as wicket keeper ,and we had to have 2 compulsory lefties even though I was a righthander ,but i usually had more lefties ,it was either C Lloyd or Larry Gomes because he could bowl spin . Lenny Pascoe as well sometimes. We always taped one side of a tennis ball for the swing.. Good times.

[@BroskiRIP]

Bob and Fred Trueman were the two genuinely great 95mph fast bowlers we've (England) ever produced. Willis clocked at 95mph after his knees were wrecked, imagine how fast he'd have gone if he'd been 100% 🔥🔥🔥 Amazing cricketer, sublime man.

[@congresswallah]

We loved his honesty and clarity in speaking nothing but the absolute brutal truths. R. I. P. From 🇮🇳

[@davidclarkson7687]

Legend as player and on TV deeply sad news 🙏🙏🙏

[@dlkaran]

I remember listening to cricket with my parents on the radio in Guyana South America and heard his name as he was bowling. Later on saw him on T.V. RIP

[@rogershirley2857]

The 8 for 43 against Aust. Incredible. No histrionics after the game, first bloke off the field. That day was probably the finest display of fast bowling by an English player. Rest easy buddy.

[@blackopman1]

Roger Shirley just an incredible spell. Also one of the first to be at you all day everyday.

[@chaseenginesltd9442]

In the park as a lad, I was Bob Willis. Thundering in from afar. What an inspiration, what a role model.

[@tomlardner2708]

I met him down at Edgbaston in 1985, the ashes against australia. Great bloke talked cricket for about twenty minutes. Rip god bless Robert Dylan Willis.

[@jeffhawkins1293]

I will never forget Headingly, 1981. I was at school,. We heard whispers that something amazing was happening in the Test. I got home and my dad said . He blew the Aussies away. Actually got to see him bowl at lords in 1983 , in the world cup

[@tonyknight9912]

Great tribute !

[@hughwilliams4806]

He was the only REALLY quick and hostile fast bowler England have had in half a century!

[@ashashroff1700]

One of a Kind, Robert George Dylan Willis. MBE. May God rest your soul Sir.

[@freechordsthetruthmarceden8277]

On par with Benaud for me as a commentator on the game. Will be missed. M.E.

[@RuachEden]

R.G.D Willis. Fierce as a lion in competition, a cultured gentleman everywhere else. An England and Warwickshire legend. One of my boyhood heroes! Once a Bear, always a Bear!

[@junevirgo9475]

Thank. You. Bob. For. All. That. You. Did. For. Sport.

[@arijitghosh1983]

Rip """"""sir """""😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@robertroberts2666]

As a Welshman born in 1963, I choose my words carefully and have to say with all truthfulness that Bob Willis was my childhood cricketing hero. God have mercy upon me if I lie!

[@robertroberts2666]

I never had the privilege to meet the man but Bob was my favourite cricketing hero! I may have lacked his height in stature but we shared the same the same curly headed hairstyle in the early 80's! That is my tribute to Bob Willis for what it is worth!

[@chickencrackling]

Out of interest is there any comment by Beefy online? I’d love to hear his thoughts and a eulogy from someone so close to Bob. RIP

[@rokerlad49]

A good good man i had 3 english heros .alrounder both. Bob our paceman . Alan knott wkd keeper. Looked up to en all not a bad choice ehh . A sunderland lad as well never forgotton .

[@ashashroff1700]

Amen.

[@peterturley1331]

"Great Cricketers don't 'die' - they simply retire to the Great Pavilion in the Sky".

[@thebatt6183]

rest in peace bob

[@dianequinn2785]

Great fast England bowler who used to terrorised batsman like one great match against the Aussies in the 80,s . Oh to have another one like him now in the England team would be great! RIP in peace Bob. Cricket mad Chris !

[@harunyahyadotorg]

Verdict : rip.

[@StellaForteStellaForte]

Tribute aside, you guys need a bigger table

[@maverick792]

VERDICT is gonna be boring now unless they get Geoff Boycott.

[@yogihaughton]

Long winded that and not very interesting. I was glaring over.

[@willgrant6827]

Don’t watch it then...this isn’t meant to be entertaining this is a heartfelt tribute have some respect

[@gazmartinpadiham.lancs.3435]

Yogi,,,you dont deserve a comment but i will give you 1 word WANKER. RIP Bob Willis. 😥