MARTIN JOHNSON

Visitors to the MCC Museum at Lord’s get to see most of the game’s historical treasures during their half hour walk or so down cricket’s Memory Lane, but what they are not permitted to see are any exhibits devoted to the game’s less agreeable side. Unless you count the stuffed sparrow despatched by a cricket ball whilst pecking away on the outfield.
In fairness to the curators, you can understand why there are no tape recordings of Merv Hughes greeting Graeme Hick’s arrival at the crease – these tour parties contain a fair number of c...