“Oh what a princely entry,” gushed John Arlott as David Gower’s lithe and lissom form stepped back with aeons to spare and pulled the first ball faced in Test cricket for four. “And if ...

David Gower was bored ... the game has changed since Gower sauntered to the middle at Edgbaston on June 2, 1978. And pulled the first delivery he faced in Test cricket, from Pakistani left ...