You don’t often see a cricketer being chaired off the field in triumph by his jubilant team mates – Ray Illingworth is one of very few who springs to mind after England won the Ashes in 1970-71 – and the recent architect of the highest successful run chase in English domestic cricket was obliged to make it back to the pavilion under his own steam.
Not that Samit Patel’s colleagues weren’t pleased with him after his unbeaten 122 at Chelmsford helped Nottinghamshire overtake Essex’s apparently unreachable 370 in their the Royal London Cup semi-final.
It ...