Brian Close

And who holds the record for the most consecutive Tests at the end of which his average has gone up?

Also: what's the most common fielder/bowler dismissal in ODIs?

Also: who missed the largest number of Tests over the course of a career?

John Hampshire talks about nicking his way to a hundred, and his years with Yorkshire - Closey, Illy, Freddie, Boycs and the rest

Forty years later we can understand that famous English summer in a more nuanced way

Brian Close and John Edrich won plenty of admirers - and took as many hits - on a brutal evening in Manchester in 1976

Brian Close was not afraid of the cricket ball

Mike Selvey, writing in The Guardian, recalls Brian Close's act of courage against Gary Sobers at The Oval, where he refused to flinch at the prospect of a full-blooded hook headed his way at short leg

Brian Close was a player whose physical bravery was second to none

Brian Close had the magical ability to defray pain as if it wasn't there

Michael Holding has described Brian Close, who died on Sunday, as one of the "toughest people in the game"

In unpublished interviews conducted before his death, Brian Close remembered the blows he took from the cricket ball, and captaining Trueman, Boycott, Viv and Botham

Brian Close was courageous, of course, but also outspoken, indestructible, and bloody-minded

A round-up of the tributes for former England captain Brian Close, who died aged 84

Brian Close was one of the most courageous cricketers ever to take to the field, but he was so much more than that and not only in Yorkshire will his immense qualities be revered

Brian Close, the former captain of England, Yorkshire and Somerset and one of cricket's most admired characters, has died at the age of 84

Some small deeds in the game's vast history endure, when others that dwarf them by numbers fade from view

The complex relationship between sport and morality

England needed 256 in 230 minutes at Old Trafford. Ted Dexter blazed 76 but a wily Australian captain had the final say