(FILE PHOTO) England Cricketer Robin Smith dies aged 62 : (Image: Getty Images)

Robin Smith was known throughout the cricket world as "Judge" and the verdict on his own contribution was unanimous: he was simply one of the most fearless batters of his generation.

For fans who witnessed his peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the sight of Smith standing toe to toe with some of the greatest fast bowlers ever seen remains one of the era's most vivid images.

Sometimes he arched his back and sprang out of the way as the bouncers came thundering down from the likes of Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh and Allan Donald; sometimes he stood to his full height to cut ferociously through point or hook them off his nose – trademark weapons in the battle he built a career on. The

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