Sundial in the Shade: The Story of Barry Richards: the Genius Lost to Test Cricket by Andrew Murtagh at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10: 1785310100 - ISBN 13: 9781785310102 - Pitch Publishing Ltd - 2015 - Hardcover
“My biggest recall was when I got out there, we were right in the s..t.” Lance Cairns was spot on. New Zealand were being smoked by Australia in the second final of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup on February 13, 1983. Enter Cairns – barrel-chested, tight shirt, silver medallion and already much-admired by NZ cricket fans because of his ability to hit the ball prodigious distances, which stole the spotlight from his core role as a world-class inswinging bowler and supporting cast member for Richard Hadlee. But what happened late in the day in Melbourne catapulted Cairns into a Kiwi cult hero and made most Kiwis forget that their side had still received a towelling from our trans-Tasman rivals.
Joe Root closing in on top three English Test run-scorers after Chennai ton
Joe Root reached 100 in his 100th Test (Nick Potts/PA)
England captain Joe Root marked his 100th Test appearance with a century against India on Friday.
The Yorkshire batsman reached stumps in Chennai on 128 not out for his third ton in successive Tests – following scores of 228 and 186 against Sri Lanka – and the 20th for his country.
Here, the PA news agency looks back at Root’s record after he celebrated his cap landmark in style.
Ton up
Root became the ninth batsman to make a century in his 100th Test, with England now accounting for a third of that list.