ROBIN SMITH’S memorial service at Winchester cathedral last Friday was a celebration of a wonderful, generous, but flawed human being who happened to be a very fine batter. But it also offered a cautionary tale about drinking culture and top-level cricket.
The Judge played hard and partied the same way. For him the buzz was everything, it made him feel alive and valued, especially when he was on the upside, which mostly he was. His dread was the downside and once things began to fall away, England first and then his beloved Hampshire, drink, and we are talking hard man’s...
