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‘Life felt pretty good. It was better than being in the army, that was for sure’

‘Life felt pretty good. It was better than being in the army, that was for sure’

By Ted Dexter

Ted Dexter / August 26, 2021

Ted Dexter CBE, a former England captain, chairman of selectors and much else besides, has died at the age of 86. In issue 41 of Wisden Cricket Monthly, he told the tale of his golden summer in the game, 1960.

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