In a wide ranging chat the former England captain Mike Brearley discusses his debut as England captain at Lord's in 1977 against Australia, the 1979 World Cup Final with the West Indies and how he went from being a Philosophy Lecturer at Newcastle University to captaining Middlesex during the 1970s and 80s.

Find out more about Mike Brearley's latest book On Cricket - https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/On-Cricket-by-Mike-Brearley-author/9781472129475

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