Today is the 175th anniversary of the birth of the captain of this team (I took this letter out of order OTD last year as part of this series, the longest I have ever run on this blog) precisely so it would coincide with the skipper’s birth anniversary. It is also for that reason that I am doing a full reblog, rather than as with others merely including a link in a regular blog post.
WG Grace can be regarded as the most important single player in the game’s history, and the 175th anniversary of his birth certainly deserves to be acknowledged…
Outside it is ferociously hot, as per weather forecast. I have curtains drawn at the front of my bungalow, blinds down at the back and windows open everywhere, and so far that is keeping indoors bearable. I have skipped forward a few letters in my selection of teams with surnames beginning with the same letter because today is the 174th anniversary of the birth of the skipper of the team for whom that letter is G. Coverage of the second women’s ODI between England and South Africa is just underway. Ben Stokes has announced that tomorrow’s ODI in Durham will be his last game in that format – he is still available for selection in T20Is, but his main focus is the team of which he is captain, the test team.
THE XI IN BATTING ORDER
- Sunil Gavaskar (Somerset and India). The first to reach the career milestone of 10,000…
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