Frankly speaking, Tyson couldn't have served Mumbai cricket better

Updated On: 29 September, 2015 08:35 AM IST | | Clayton Murzello

<p>Frank Tyson, who passed away on Sunday, contributed greatly to Mumbai cricket. Nari Contractor tells mid-day how he picked the ex-England pace terror to head the BCA-Mafatlal Bowling Scheme in 1990</p>

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Frank Tyson at the CCI in 2006

A lot of good is expected from the MCA-IDBI Federal Life Insurance Bowling Foundation, spearheaded by Australia pace great Jeff Thomson. And success won't be unprecedented.

Frank Tyson at the CCI in 2006. Pic/mid-day archives

In the early 1990s, a Frank Tyson-led Bombay Cricket Association-Mafatlal Bowling Scheme created a revolution in Mumbai cricket and Tyson, who passed away at a Queensland (Australia) hospital on Sunday at the age of 85, became a household name in city cricket.