The Kiwi legend reflects on the biggest moments from his extraordinary career

The monkey off the back
3-59, 23 & 4-71
New Zealand v Australia, 2nd Test, Christchurch, 1974
Glenn Turner got a hundred in both innings in what was a low-scoring game. This game wasn’t important to me because I did really well, it was important because we were successful in getting the monkey off our back, showing people that we could actually beat Australia. The best bit of history was that my father kept wicket against Australia in 1946 and they got smacked at Wellington, being bowled out cheaply in both ...