(Born: May 14, 1948; Kanpur, India)
(Died: March 18, 2007; Kingston, Jamaica)

The Englishman, who played 19 Tests and six One-Day Internationals for his country before going on to coach teams like South Africa, Warwickshire and Pakistan, also happened to be the only man to have witnessed both Hanif Mohammed's record-making score of 499 in 1958 [as a kid] and then Brian Lara's record-breaking 501 not out [as the coach of Warwickshire].

He died under mysterious circumstances during the World Cup in the West Indies last year, and the inquest into his death returned an open verdict, citing natural causes as the reason behind the death.

On what would have been his 60th birth anniversary, rediff.com gets nostalgic and revisits Kanpur, the place he was born.

Text and Images: Bikash Mohapatra

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