Tony Greig promised things would get better and they did. Looking back on the long, hot summer of '76
25.05.26, 13:19 Updated 25.05.26, 13:19 2 Minute Read
Paul Weaver
In a heat haze over the bank holiday weekend time itself melted before my eyes. And, in the shimmer, I saw again the glorious summer of 1976.
The last few days have been record-breakingly hot for May but it was like that every day in that ‘Phew What a Scorcher!’ summer half a century ago, when the government advised everyone to “save water, bath with a friend.”
In 1976 we gave up looking at weather forecasts because we knew every day would be as hot as Hades.
The cricket was dominated by Viv Richards, the batsman with more big hits than Ed Sheeran. In the first eight months of that year he scored 1,710 runs in 11 Tests to bring to mind the domination of Don Bradman.
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