Season 17 Episode 24: From the moment he walked through the gates as a teenager, Mike Gatting never left Lord’s. Mostly known as England Ashes-winning captain away from home in 1986/87, his CV at HQ is a hefty one as Middlesex legend and a past president of both MCC and our mates at Lord’s Taverners. So, it was only right that it was in the pavilion where he met with Adam to talk through a huge and eventful five decades in the pro game, with continued service to this day.

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