The Spin | What should sport's position be in the British honours system?

In the entire history of cricket, only one British player has been knighted or made a dame before they retired from playingIn 2009, aged 33 and four years before he retired from active competition, the cyclist Chris Hoy was knighted. “To become a knight from riding your bike, it’s mad,” he said. Five years earlier the rower Matthew Pinsent, already an MBE, OBE and CBE and still only 34, had been similarly honoured. “I was shocked,” he said. “I wasn’t con