English cricket hasn’t had too many cult heroes in recent times. It’s all too professional these days. Tiger moths, late night piss ups, fat blokes and pedalos are a thing of the past. It was a different story in the late 80s and early 90s though. Real characters still existed: there was Jack Russell and his borderline OCD, a bespectacled Devon Malcolm making his debut, Phil Tufnell cowering every time someone mentioned the word ‘bouncer’, and batting techniques so bizarre you had to pinch...