When Len Hutton asked Denis Compton if there are ‘easier ways to make a living’!

Not many people got to know that under the relentlessly concentrating batsman, Len Hutton actually had a wonderful sense of humour.   He and Denis Compton were facing a particularly hostile spell from Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall at Lord’s during the 1953 Ashes.   After an over from Lindwall, Hutton called Compton for a...

Not many people got to know that under the relentlessly concentrating batsman, Len Hutton actually had a wonderful sense of humour.

He and Denis Compton were facing a particularly hostile spell from Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall at Lord’s during the 1953 Ashes.

After an over from Lindwall, Hutton called Compton for a word. The stadium saw the captain and his senior batsman discuss tactics. What Hutton actually said was, “We must be mad, Denis. There must be easier ways to make a living than this.”

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