Mike Brearley has a mythical status in English cricket. As the man who effected a stunning turnaround of the Ashes in 1981 ‘he proved that dreams can really come true,’ says author Mark Peel. ‘He played a critical part in bringing out the best in Ian Botham and Bob Willis, both of whom had lost […]
The captaincy of England’s Test team has always been the highest of honours and among the most onerous.
It was January, 1983. Commentator Reds Perreira was on his way to Kensington Oval and was stopped at a pedestrian crossing by a friend, one of the most revered in West Indian cricket. Tapping on his car window, the man said: ‘Rebel team going to South Africa… do your homework.’
On behalf of my Geelong cricket buddy Ken Davis, I have been editing his tribute book to his brother Barry Davis, a three-time AFL premiership player who also was a first XI cricketer at Essendon and made a half century in the famous 1965-66 District cricket final, the game in which Bill Lawry scored 282 […]
