“Is that the last gasp of an old dinosaur?” These were the words uttered by John Nicolson of the Scottish National Party on hearing that Lord Botham, not content with describing last year’s report on discrimination in English cricket as “nonsense”, had claimed to have thrown the document on the floor. It seemed, whether or not you agreed with Botham, an impertinent label to attach to one of England’s greatest-ever players. It also begged the question of why the 68-year-old, these days happier de