Who is popular today?

The Lancashire and Manchester Originals seamer on his long journey from Minor Counties cricket to the world stageOn the first day of July Richard Gleeson was in his kitchen with his wife, Laura, when his phone pinged, a message from a number he did not recognise.“It was Matthew Mott, saying I’ll call you in two minutes,” he remembers. “I just said to my wife: ‘I think I’m about to get picked for England.’ There was never a moment before that when I contemplated it.” Minutes later Gleeson was speaking to England’s new white-ball coach. Continue reading...