Revealed: Why Aussie legend David Boon who famously drank 52 cans of beer on a flight to London is being hailed by the cricket world 26 years after he played his last game
An emotional David Boon has been saluted at the end of a distinguished career as an international cricket match referee that lasted even longer than his illustrious spell as one of Australia's most beloved Test players. The still unmistakable figure of the stocky, lavishly moustachioed 'Boonie' finished overseeing the last of nearly 400 international matches in the Bangladesh city of Chattogram on Wednesday as the hosts beat Zimbabwe. And the departure of the 64-year-old, who's going on to join Cricket Australia as a Board Director, had the sport's world governing body, the International Cricket Council, raising a tinnie to the popular Tasmanian they believe has set the benchmark for all match officials.
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