 It was the highest century made against Australia since the war, but typically he was stumped in the last minutes of the match trying to hit Bobby Simpson for six so he could get himself a double century.Though more a batsman than a bowler he could seam the ball and was often taken as England's third paceman and was an excellent fielder anywhere.He owned Jaguar cars, motorbikes, greyhounds, race horses, wrote newspaper articles and thrillers and married a model, but was known as being moody and mercurial.