Matt Prior, the buzzing hub behind England’s most successful Test side | Mike Selvey

Now retired, time for recognition of a hard-working wicketkeeper and a considerable No7 counterpuncher, whose record stands up against some of the very best to feature behind the stumpsThe wicketkeeper is the focal point, the beating heart, of any cricket team. Bowlers bowl through to them, fielders return the ball to them. They are the unflagging lifters of spirits when the going gets tough, the cajolers, the user of stick or carrot, the irritants of batsmen. They see the angles for fielders, s