Colin Cowdrey:
Colin Cowdrey was born in his family estate at Ootacamund, Madras Presidency (Currently Ooty) in 1932, although his birthplace was usually misrecorded as Bangalore, 100 miles to the north. It was his father who made an application for Cowdrey to join the prestigious Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) when Cowdrey was a just born baby. Cowdrey’s father and servants taught him cricket when he started to walk. When Cowdrey was five, he was taken to England to do his schoolings and later on went on to become a cricketer for England. He has played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06 out of which he has faced India eight times.