Nowadays our top cricketers pull in some serious cash (even if Cricket South Africa is doing their best to sabotage that), and with the constant spotlight focused their way the game has lost some of its larger than life characters.

Who could forget David Boon smashing 52 beers on the plane trip from Ozzie to England, before being snuck off the plane away from the waiting press?

You can find a great recollection of that story HERE, but let’s move along.

Here in SA characters didn’t come much bigger than Big Mac, Brian McMillan, and his all-round attributes (and buckets for hands at slip) made him a vital part of the Proteas set up in the mid 90s.

This story below has been told by a few different players over the years, and each telling differs slightly, but we’ll allow Warnie his chance during an appearance on The Dan Nicholl Show:

I reckon Daryll Cullinan wishes Big Mac had pulled the trigger.

Nowadays all we are left with is a drunk Ben Stokes punching people outside a bar (HERE).

[source:thesouthafrican]