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Sydney Barnes, one of the greatest bowlers of all time, was no fan of the establishment. He preferred the financial incentives of the Lancashire League to toiling in county cricket. In 1920-21, Barnes refused to tour Australia when he was told that if he wanted to bring his family along, he would have to bear their expenses. © PA Photos

During his colourful career, left-arm spinner Phil Tufnell was fined for breaking team rules, and spent nights in jail cells on three separate occasions. He also spent a night in a psychiatric ward, allegedly took drugs in a Christchurch toilet, and was once penalised for not turning up for a drug test after a county match. © PA Photos

Getting sunstroke on the field after shaving his head, coming late to practice because of a "flat tyre", inconsistent form on the international level, and making allegations of match-fixing against three England cricketers made Chris Lewis a cricketer who got up people's noses. © PA Photos

Tony Greig thumbed his nose at the establishment by leading the charge in recruiting rebels for the Packer series while captain of England. He duly lost the national captaincy and later that of his county, Sussex, and emigrated to Australia after being ostracised by the public in England.  © PA Photos

Australia's batsmen suffered at the hands of Larwood and Voce in the Bodyline series, but it was Larwood who suffered the brunt of the backlash once the team returned to England. He was made a scapegoat and never played for England again. Here, Larwood (right) and Voce are pictured on board the ship to Australia in 1932. © Getty Images

Geoff Boycott was dropped for a Test for scoring a double-century too slowly. Then, from 1974 to 1977, he made himself unavailable for selection to England. Boycott wasn't much loved by his team-mates either. A young Ian Botham ran him out once for not scoring quick runs when the team needed them. © Getty Images

When asked to make way in a lift for chairman of selectors Pelham Warner, Charlie Parker, then England's finest left-arm spinner, grabbed the lapels of Warner's coat and reportedly said: "I'll never in my life make way for that bugger… I played once in 1921 and he made sure I never played again." © PA Photos

Brian Close was the youngest Englishman to play a Test for England, but he also went on to be sacked as England captain for time-wasting, and by Yorkshire for not caring about one-day cricket; and he drew criticism for playing in apartheid South Africa. Here, an 18-year-old Close (right) shows his stance at a cricket school at Headingley.  © Getty Images

England's selectors - Peter May, the chairman, in particular - thought David Gower's captaincy style was too laid-back, and that he had an attitude problem. After England lost the 1986 Lord's Test to India, Gower was among the last to find out he had been sacked. And then there was the Tiger Moth incident. © Getty Images

Another left-arm spinner, Phil Edmonds, missed more Tests (75) than he played (51) because the selectors perceived him as "difficult". He once pinned Mike Brearley to a wall and warned him to "lay off". It didn't help when Edmonds' wife published a bestselling book about England's disastrous trip to the Caribbean in 1985-86. © Getty Images

Fast bowler John Snow was dropped by Sussex for "not trying" and by England for barging into and felling Sunil Gavaskar at Lord's in 1971. Bowling bouncers at his vice-captain, Tom Graveney, on a dangerous net pitch in Pakistan also cost him a Test.  © AllSportUK