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Cricket at its purest is only found in Scotland

In the summer of 1977, Kevin McKenna formally became a Scottish aficionado of the England Test cricket team

In the summer of 1977, Kevin McKenna formally became a Scottish aficionado of the England Test cricket team. Stories of the little urn and Geoffrey Boycott's blunt, cussed approach had their say on the writer's mind, but then reality kicked in and the inevitable question had to be asked: why are Scotland shite at cricket too? Read on in the Observer.

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Jamie Alter is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo