In an eighteen month stretch between March 1968 and September 1969 four very different future England batsmen were born. Two, in the form of Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain, would go on to captain England. Born within five days of each other in March 1968, the Lancastrian Atherton, and Mumbai-born Essex Boy Hussain each maximized their talent with the bat and led by example once they become the team’s leader.