Strokes of genius and bad luck
Jun 30, 2021
2 minutes
It was 7th July 1981, and I was at Lord’s, thinking, not for the last time, ‘Funny business, cricket.’
One moment, the nation’s basking in the all-round splendours of your performance. The next, you’re a laughing-stock. Little did I know that I was about to meet the embodiment of this boom-and-bust cycle.
To the side of the pavilion there
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