Cricket castaways: the game's long run on Desert Island Discs

Cricketers have a staple on the show since its launch in 1942. What can we learn about their appearances?By Peter Hoare for The NightwatchmanDesert Island Discs is older than one-day cricket, Test Match Special and covered pitches. It was born on the BBC Forces Programme in 1942, the same year as Mike Brearley, one of the 20 or so cricketers to have been stranded on the island with eight records, a book and a luxury, the works of Shakespeare and a Bible. The format was devised by Roy Plomley whe