At Lord's, England pulled two surprises. The first was Denness's resignation as captain and replacement by Greig. The second was the call-up of Northamptonshire's David Steele, hoping for a dose of nominative determinism. Grey-haired, bespectacled and 33 years old, Steele looked an unlikely saviour. His local butcher had promised him a lamb chop for every run he scored up to 50, and a steak per run after that. The tabloid press likened him to a bank manager; Lillee nicknamed him "Groucho".
K. Harris, The Queen at the cricket (2022), 80
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