Peter Hayter looks back to the day at Trent Bridge in 1977 that England’s greatest all-rounder burst into public consciousness

Finale: Botham bowling for England in 1992, his last year as a Test player

Humble apologies to Her Majesty the Queen, but while, as part of her Silver Jubilee celebrations, the monarch’s appearance on the first day of England’s third Test against Australia – on July 28, 1977 – was typically gracious and well-received, cricket-lovers will maintain it was only the second most significant event which took place there that day.
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