Ted Dexter

The former England batter and captain was a man out of sync with his times in more ways than one

A powerful middle-order batter and medium-pace bowler, Dexter played 62 Tests, leading the side in 30 of those

Monty Noble, Aubrey Faulkner, Learie Constantine, Stan McCabe, Vinoo Mankad, Ted Dexter, Bob Willis, Desmond Haynes also on the list

New competition appealed to Ted Dexter, whose raffish unorthodoxy reflected the atmosphere in Brighton on a lively Saturday evening

Before he was a commentator, Richie Benaud was a shrewd captain and an ace legspinner, as he showed in the famous Old Trafford Test of 1961

England could do worse than appoint the outspoken, media-friendly former captain as their director of cricket

Men like Geoffrey Boycott and Ted Dexter, who are still keen to be part of the cricket debate, part of the life of the game, are always worth listening to

The world's first one-day final still managed to upset purists and cause controversy over the tactics used

England needed 256 in 230 minutes at Old Trafford. Ted Dexter blazed 76 but a wily Australian captain had the final say

Fifty years ago, an effort to bring crowds back to cricket led to the birth of a new format

Testkill, co-written by Ted Dexter, is a murder mystery involving the death of a bowler. The plot should take a backseat for the reader, who must read it for the portrayal of seventies cricket in all its sordid naffness

Bouncing back to put one across the old enemy, on their turf - doesn't get much better than that

The English domestic scene, and following it the international cricketing scene, changed dramatically with the birth of limited-overs cricket

Following James Anderson's boxing injury, we look at XI other instances where players found bizarre ways of sidelining themselves

His style and charisma were natural and irresistible to a ten-year-old back in the 1960s

Forty summers ago a Cape Coloured South African playing for England unwittingly threw MCC into crisis over a tour to the apartheid republic

Ted Dexter has been elected as the next President of Sussex and will succeed Robin Marlar. He comes into the role as the club prepares to defend the Championship title and C&G Trophy

Steven Lynch looks at cricket's dog-ate-my-homework moments

Ted Dexter on the unwinnable war against Anno Domini