Peter Hayter revels in and reveals some of the table talk from this week’s PCA dinner at London’s Roundhouse

Now it can be told; the full story of the sliding door moment that could have cost England one of their outstanding Test openers and ruined the career of the man who went on to lead them more times than anyone bar Alastair Cook.

Off we go! David Gower and John Morris prepare to take the infamous ‘Tiger-Moth’ flight over an Australian cricket ground. Inset: Gower speaks during the NatWest PCA Awards
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Most of England’s proble...