Fathers and sons make it a family affair

Julian Kiewietz

Highly-regarded Dutch all-rounder Bas de Leede joined a rare group of cricketers at the World Cup who have followed their fathers into the tournament. Here, we look at the seven father-son pairings to have featured at the global showpiece. Tim and Bas de Leede Tim de Leede took 4/34 to help skittle out India for just 204 at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, with Sachin Tendulkar one of his victims. “Umpire Peter Willey gave the ball to me as a memento. I wanted Sachin to sign it, but by the time I’d done media duties, the India team had left,” Tim said to cricinfo. “Some years later, Tendulkar was in the Netherlands getting some treatment on an elbow injury and a physio friend tipped me off. He was…

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