FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN TO SPEAK TO LINCOLNSHIRE CRICKET LOVERS IN CLEETHORPES

A cricketing legend comes to Cleethorpes Cricket Club on November 14^th

Former England captain MJK Smith is the guest speaker at the Lincolnshire Cricket Lovers’ Society and will be accompanied by Douglas Miller, who edited the player’s autobiography No Ordinary Man.  The book will be on sale during the evening.

Mike Smith was a prolific run maker who captained England on three tours before going on to become an ICC referee and chairman of Warwickshire. 

Warwickshire team-mates rated him the best county batsman - and the most straightforward and unselfish captain - of his time.  For six years in succession (1957-62) he made 2000 runs in a season, most of them at a cracking pace.

His leadership qualities, which included fielding at forward short leg before helmets and shin-guards were in vogue, were possibly the biggest factor in his captaining England in half his 50 Tests, including successive tours of India, South Africa and Australia.

For the past six years, he has been President of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.   His son, Neil (NMK), played a handful of one-dayers for England and also captained Warwickshire. 

The evening begins at 7.30pm and is free to Cricket Lovers members and £5 for guests.