PETER HAYTER
Lord’s, Saturday July 15, 1989. Nottinghamshire require four runs from the final ball of a cracking Benson and Hedges Cup final against Essex.
Wily left-arm swing bowler John Lever, calling on all his experience in county and international cricket, sends down a near-perfect yorker.
Notts off-spinner and No.9 batsman Eddie Hemmings digs it out so sweetly that it slips through the cover ring and, as the rival fans in the capacity crowd cheer and fear its progress in equal measure, it stays just enough ahead of the chasing Brian Hardie to crawl over the rope in...