Gillette Cup took Sussex captain's fancy - and delivered a maiden trophy
Jun 11, 2020 New competition appealed to Ted Dexter, whose raffish unorthodoxy reflected the atmosphere in Brighton on a lively Saturday evening
Shot Stories
He also played cricket
May 2015 Before he was a commentator, Richie Benaud was a shrewd captain and an ace legspinner, as he showed in the famous Old Trafford Test of 1961
Is Vaughan the one to reconnect the ECB with its public?
Apr 29, 2015 England could do worse than appoint the outspoken, media-friendly former captain as their director of cricket
In praise of voices of experience
Dec 25, 2013 Men like Geoffrey Boycott and Ted Dexter, who are still keen to be part of the cricket debate, part of the life of the game, are always worth listening to
1963
'A perversion of positive cricket'
Sep 14, 2013 The world's first one-day final still managed to upset purists and cause controversy over the tactics used
Benaud's Manchester miracle
Aug 1, 2013 England needed 256 in 230 minutes at Old Trafford. Ted Dexter blazed 76 but a wily Australian captain had the final say
1963
Opening Pandora's one-day box
Apr 20, 2013 Fifty years ago, an effort to bring crowds back to cricket led to the birth of a new format
Book review
That '70s cricket circus
Apr 7, 2013 Testkill, co-written by Ted Dexter, is a murder mystery involving the death of a bowler. The plot should take a backseat for the reader, who must read it for the portrayal of seventies cricket in all its sordid naffness
Match of my Life
'Winning in Australia has always been the pinnacle'
Aug 19, 2011 Bouncing back to put one across the old enemy, on their turf - doesn't get much better than that
The birth of one-day cricket
A competition at the cutting edge
Feb 8, 2011 The English domestic scene, and following it the international cricketing scene, changed dramatically with the birth of limited-overs cricket