Former England striker Gary Lineker has recalled making a hundred while facing legendary West Indies quick Courtney Walsh and scoring a hat trick for Tottenham Hotspur in the same day.
Lineker was persuaded to play in a benefit cricket match by Bunbury founder David English on the condition that he could open the batting and leave as soon as he got out to go and prepare to play for Tottenham.
Speaking to BBC Test Match Special, Lineker said: "I couldn't resist, so I said 'go on then'. I get in and Courtney Walsh is bowling the first over and he takes a long run up and does a deliberate silly bouncer for a bit of fun that goes about ten feet over my head.
"Then he walked back about three paces and I went 'Courtney, will you give me a proper over?' Completely mad, but the first ball hit the keeper's hands before I [had a chance] and the second ball wasn't too dissimilar.
"He was bowling sensibly on a decent length around off stump so he wasn't trying to kill me. I thought 'last ball of the over, I know where he's bowling these, I'll take a bit of a chance' and I put my foot down and went 'boom' and it went straight through the covers for four.
"I ended up 112 not out at lunch! I'm sweating buckets and I said 'Dave, I've got to go' and he went 'mate, you've done me proud'.
"So I went to Tottenham and scored a hat trick, best day of my sporting life! It was the best day ever."
Lineker was a talented cricketer in his youth, but ultimately decided to focus on football. He told the Independent in 2010: "I was in both the football and cricket teams and got a lot of goals and runs.
"I was captain of the Leicestershire Schools cricket team from 11 to 16 and thought at the time I would probably have more chance afterwards in cricket than football."
