Dustbin Cricket Obituaries: Marcus James North

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Indexed  July 2, 2011

Here lie the remains of Marcus J Northwho we seem to care less about that Katto;who made a century on debut and again at Cardiff;who helped us to a miraculous draw at Birmingham andwho took six wickets at Lord’s (and is generally considered a pretty handy spinner)He found himself to be right royally shafted by Cricket Australia

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