A Cricket Life
The legendary record-breaker on a singularly dedicated career Interview by Phil Walker

FALLING FOR CRICKET
My family was mad about cricket.
I lived in a place called Pidley, near Huntingdon, which is as small as it sounds, and grew up on a potato farm, so there wasn’t a huge amount to do.
I played a lot in the back garden with my older brother and we were dragged from cricket club to cricket club throughout the summer months. I think I was alway destined to play the game. I loved the fact that you felt part of something from so young. We spent all our weekend...