The Spin | Hutton and Carson: cricket prodigies who took different paths after 1937

England and New Zealand met at Lord’s this week 83 years ago with two gifted young batsmen in their ranks
The first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s, which started on this week in 1937, was interesting for several reasons, none of them apparent to Neville Cardus at the time. “The engagement will be a Test match only in name,” he wrote in his preview for the Guardian. “None of us would expect Derbyshire to give England a good match; yet Derbyshire are a