Cranleigh host spirit of cricket debate

Cranleigh School in Surrey will host an MCC spirit of cricket evening involving current and former England cricketers.

Chris Cowdrey, the former England captain, will host the event and will be joined by Monty Panesar, Middlesex captain Ed Smith and the national selector, Geoff Miller, in discussing the spirit of cricket and issues affecting the game.

The evening at Cranleigh is a spin-off of the annual Cowdrey Lecture, which was first delivered by Richie Benaud in 2001.

"I'm proud of my father's achievement, along with Ted Dexter, of setting out a vision for the spirit of cricket,