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Manchester, 1968. Late in the cricket season.

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A car speeding along Cheetham Hill Road was being tailed by a police car. The law finally drew level and the vehicle was waved down by a uniformed arm. At the kerbside, an officer of the Lancashire Constabulary asked for the license of the errant driver.

The name on the document read ‘Frank Tyson’.

The questions followed thick and fast.

“Are you Frank Tyson, the former England fast bowler?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Are you on your way to a fire burning your house down?”

“No, I’m not.”

“On your way to the hospital for the impending arrival of your first-born perhaps?”

“No.”

“Do you realise sir that you were going almost as fast as you used to bowl?”

“Yes, I do.”

“And what might be the reason for that, sir?”

“I’m late for an official function at Old Trafford to mark the retirement of my former fast-bowling partner.”

“Would that be Mr.

Brian Statham, sir?”

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