After Headlingley, English cricket still faces its greatest test | Letters

England’s third Test victory has a fictional precedent, writes Charles Barr, while Dr Howard Mason has a suggestion for England’s best cricketing all-rounder. Tom Rodwell says cricket’s survival depends on free-to-air TV coverageThere is one candidate for the greatest Test that Matthew Engel (28 August) fails to mention. Ahead of the momentous Ashes series of 1926, the Surrey and England star batsman Jack Hobbs gave his name to a prophetic novel, The Test Match Surprise. As las