by Layth Yousif

THE autumn light was fading, as a true cricketing servant spoke on the manicured turf in front of the terracotta-hued pavilion.

When the history of the 2023 domestic season comes to be written, the careers of Stuart Broad and Sir Alastair Cook will be warmly recalled. Their deeds immortalised in memory, their places in sporting history secure, after the pair announced their retirement from playing.

Yet, so should another name be added to that laudable list. Tim Murtagh.