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The Cricket Foundation

President and Vice-Presidents

Mervyn King

Key facts

Name: Mervyn Allister King

Born:
30 March 1948

Education:
Wolverhampton Grammar School

Career:
Governor of The Bank of England

Cricket career:
Occasional slow left arm bowler and Patron of Worcestershire County Cricket Club.

Earliest cricketing memory

Bowling in the playground at school.

Cricketing highlights / lowlights

Highlights: taking seven wickets before lunch in a school match.

Lowlights:
not once seeing Worcestershire win a one day final at Lords.

Cricketers admired

Tom Graveney and Basil D'Oliveira

What cricket has helped me to achieve

Playing cricket at school taught me the importance of practice and team-work. Captaining a side on the field helped me significantly in my career in later years.

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Mervyn King
Playing cricket at school taught me the importance of practice