David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd picks his team of Lancashire legends
1. MIKE ATHERTON (C)
151 matches (in first-class cricket for Lancashire – 1987-2001), 9,904 runs at 44.41, 29 centuries; 61 wickets at 38.67, 3 five-wicket hauls
The rock of the team. Get past that! My son Graham was coming through at the same time and it was clear that Michael was a special player, a prodigy. They delayed picking him in the first team – I thought they should have played him at 16 – but he was doing exams and then going to uni.
He captained Cambridge University and he was a...
