Allegations surrounding the lost Test at Christchurch in 1984 saw the expedition dubbed the ‘sex and drugs and rock’n’roll tour’ – and they tell me I was on it
Cricket seldom makes the front pages with a good news story. That may have happened in 1953, 1981 and 2005 but the bad news finds its way there more frequently, as we have witnessed this week.
Being in Christchurch reminds me of another time when cricket found its way to the front pages, at least those of the Mail On Sunday and the Daily Express. In 1984 England toured New Zealand; in fact that is the only series in which New Zealand have defeated England on home soil, although if Joe Root’s side are unable to win in Christchurch they will become the second England team to lose here.
Related: Remembering England's first Test with New Zealand in 1986
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