The wonder years for Atherton

The celebration match at Lord's for the 60th anniversary of English Schools Cricket Association (ESCA) leads Michael Atherton to believe that the ECB must support young talent. In his column in the Times, he revisits the summer of 1983, where he represented the North of England Under-15s at the ESCA festival, doing battle against Nasser Hussain, Mark Ramprakash.

Despite their reputations, I knew Nasser had the yips and could not bowl and I reckoned that I could score as many runs as Ramps. The possibilities seemed endless.