we had a poll in the magazine a few years ago and he came second behind mike brearley.ed for leading england in australia on one of their most triumphant tours in 1970-71, a of their most triumphant tours in 1970—71, a brilliant man manager who got the best out of geoffrey boycott, who averaged 94 on that trip, and jon snow, his fast bowler, who was tricky i needed a bit of man management but railing with got the best out of him. i think also he will be remembered as a pioneer when it came to cricket rights. when i interviewed him for my book, he gave me chapter and verse on his two ashes tours, one in 62—63, an unhappy trip for him, he called it the sussex tour, the amity is dominated, they had the use of all the cars and ending with was called off his sick bed to field for colin cowdrey who wanted to take his wife to the cinema. but eight years later, he led that triumphant trip to australia, and it was a complete reverse. he will be remembered also as a brilliant, shrewd spin bowler. he hated giving away runs, a bit like james anderson these days. and a very good bat