JUST NOT CRICKET

EVERY YEAR, A CELEBRATED CRICKET figure is invited by the MCC to give the COLIN COWDREY LECTURE on the spirit of the game. Cowdrey, the epitome of the sporting gentleman, was an apt choice. This was the man who, during the 1963 Lord’s test against the West Indies, had his arm broken by a searing bouncer. During the final over of the match, with England nine wickets down, needing six to win, or to survive two balls for the draw, Cowdrey emerged (left) to bat with a glove on one hand and a plaster cast on the other. The stumping of Bairstow was within the rules. But was it in the spirit of the game? The Aussies thought so. Your English writer thinks not Eleven years later, with England suffering…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, August - September 2023

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