Interview by Jo Harman
A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the ex-England skipper picks out the men and moments that shaped his career. 

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PICTURES: Alamy

FALLING FOR THE GAME
My dad played in the Manchester Association League, he was captain of the third XI at Worsley Cricket Club. I guess being taken down there every Saturday when I was young was when I first fell for cricket, but I didn’t know a great deal about it.
I was big into football as a kid....