Scott Oliver has spent more time than is healthy researching stories from the leagues, which have foregrounded not just the overseas pros but the journeymen players who came up against them
It started in 2017 with a £375 fee for a 3,000-word ESPNcricinfo piece about IVA Richards’ season for Lancashire League side Rishton in 1987, when Viv was the West Indies capo and just about the coolest dude ever to strap ’em on. (The ever tactful editor-in-chief of that website tweeted that readers should check out the piece “if only for the wonderful photos”.)
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