What do you do when the rules change but the game isn’t over?
At Headingley in 1981, Ian Botham walked to the crease in an Ashes Test with England’s chances of victory set at a paltry 500-1.
An eleven-year-old in Sheffield, watching on television, witnessed a miracle. As hopelessness gave way to jubilation, he made himself a promise: that one day he would fly out to Australia for the full series.
Forty-four years later, a diagnosis of early-onset Parkinson’s meant time was now in short supply. The moment had arrived.
Ten thousand miles for ten weeks. Five Tests in five cities. One promise.
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