Piers Morgan, former editor of the Daily Mirror and lifelong cricket enthusiast, nominates W G Grace as the greatest English cricketer and, some would say, the greatest English sportsman of all time.
Piers Morgan, former editor of the Daily Mirror and lifelong cricket enthusiast, nominates W G Grace as the greatest English cricketer and, some would say, the greatest English sportsman of all time. He seeks to persuade presenter Matthew Parris, who is himself not a fan of cricket, of the achievements of the man who elevated cricket to its unique place in English life. Biographer Simon Rae acts as umpire.