NEIL MANTHORP: Bedingham did right thing in making Test cricket dream come true
Cricketer risked playing two Tests in New Zealand and could now play in the final of the World Test Championship
11 February 2025 - 05:00
A year and half ago David Bedingham received a phone call which changed his career if not his life. Like many young cricketers Bedingham grew up dreaming about playing Test cricket but, two years ago, had pretty much accepted that his hopes were gone.
He had even considered using his hereditary British passport to qualify for England but he would have been 33-years-old by the time he was eligible and that would almost certainly have been too late...
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