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Article: Cricket: Going in to bat for England; As Dennis Amiss pads up before heading to the crease for, perhaps, his greatest Test, he tells Brian Halford why and how England will, one day, be great again.(Sport)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2002
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Byline: Brian Halford
During more than 40 years in professional cricket with Warwickshire and England, Dennis Amiss has squared up to many substantial challenges.
Lillee and Thompson at their zenith. The fallout from Kerry Packer. Some horribly thin times with the Bears' team. Great tests all. But next month, at the age of 59, Amiss will face arguably his greatest: How to accelerate the English Cricket Board towards their objective of making England the best team in the world by 2007.
The evidence of the first three Ashes Tests this winter suggests ...