Mike Brearley has not ... sometimes, six Test players. Brearley promised the AGM in April, 1971, as he took up the captaincy, "purposeful cricket". Impressive words were swiftly followed by ...

“Sweet” said Ben Stokes when told he had overtaken Mike Brearley with 19 Test wins ... questioned the decision to bat him at No 3 in Test cricket. Bethell fell four runs short of a century ...

Brian Lara 153* for West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown in 1998-99 Wisden Rating: 255.2 If Lara's double-century in the previous Test (No.22 ... 240.8 At the time, Mike Brearley's return as ...

Ben Stokes’ England continue to astonish on the cricket field following ... him one of England’s greatest Test captains, up there with Michael Vaughan and Mike Brearley. Actually, Stokes ...

As Middlesex reeled off their titles and trophies between 1976 and 1982, it began to occur to Lord's loyalists that somebody, one day, would have to succeed Mike Brearley, the architect of victory.

The selectors’ renewed faith in him stems not only from him winning ICC trophies but also because of his man-management ...