WITH THE initials M.C.C. and a cricket-mad father, the schoolboy Colin Cowdrey was marked out for a life in the game. Sublime talent meant he was destined to become one of the greatest ever cricketers.
If any youngsters wanted a hero in the Fifties and Sixties, when the Corinthian approach was cherished more than aggressive gamesmanship, Colin was their man.
Outstandingly talented at most sports, he was the embodiment of the spirit of cricket, encouraging to others, a gracefully correct batsman, modest and a thoroughly nice and helpful man.
Behind the polite, calm sportsmanship was a steely competitiveness and plenty of courage.
His long career meant he faced all the
