Radio, Ceefax and text: the history of cricketers being selected for England

Players feel the same emotions but the difference in how selectors communicate shows how society has changedFrom the 2025 Wisden AlmanackPhil Tufnell saw it on Ceefax. Peter Such found out from a journalist who had called him for a quote. A hungover Phillip DeFreitas was told by the gateman at Grace Road. David Steele was in a traffic jam. Colin Cowdrey was alerted by a stranger’s car radio; seconds later, Frank Tyson heard his name read out while enjoying a close-of-play tipple in the cha