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Hawke first captained Yorkshire in the Championship in 1883. He was also the man who sacked Bobby Peel, the greatest left-arm bowler of his era, and infamously declaimed "Pray God, no professional shall ever captain England", sentiments that very nearly damned him forever. A man of contradictions, strong convictions, more often than not his own worst enemy, this cricketing biography goes behind the myth of the man looking to paint a picture of one of cricket’s great men.

Sir Stanley Jackson captained Harrow School, Cambridge University, and England in a golden epoch of English cricket. It is no bad thing to place the man and his age in perspective before the telling of his story. Our subject played his cricket in an age lost to us forever, an age wreathed in legend.

Do you want to know more about how cricket really works? Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast is a podcast which looks at the stats and data behind the game, helping you gain that expert knowledge. Dan Weston has almost a decade’s experience as an analyst in the game, and has worked with teams across the globe and has even sat with a team for an IPL auction. Joining him on the show is Jack Hope from The Cricket Podcast, who bring almost 500 episodes worth of experience to the show. Covering a new topic each week Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast entertains and informs. Whether...