MARTIN JOHNSON

The newspapers came up with a variety of candidates when making comparisons with the Tiger Woods comeback. The usual suspects – Muhammad Ali, Monica Seles, Niki Lauda, Ben Hogan and Lester Piggott – all got plenty of votes, but given how low the bloke had sunk not all that long ago, I was mildly surprised that Lazarus didn’t get a mention.
Cricket has had its fair share of comeback stories down the centuries, but in the art of coming back from dead – literally in Lazarus’ case – nothing comes closer than Headingley 1981. Unless you&rs...