Having taken in excess of 7,000 wickets over a career lasting more than half a century, 85-year-old West Indies bowler Cecil Wright is looking forward to passing on his wisdom to the next generation.
Growing up in Jamaica, Wright once played a first-class match against Barbados, facing the likes of Garfield Sobers, Wes Hall, Collie Smith and Seymour Nurse before heading to England in 1959.
With ambitions of pursuing a professional county career, Wright signed up for Central Lancashire League side Crompton. After later meeting his wife, Enid, and having son, Courtney, he would go on to call Oldham home.
"Frank Worrell was my captain back home in Jamaica, then when I came over here it was Gary Sobers in the charity matches.
"I wish I could have been as good as they were, but I have just enjoyed everything which has come my way in the game."
While now very much an honorary Lancastrian, 'Cec' will always carry a bit of the Caribbean with him as he heads off into a well-earned sporting retirement.
"I came here in 1959, then went home and came back, so after a couple of years I thought, 'well I will stop here for a little bit and see what it is like', then I just kept going,' he recalled.
"The thing, though, I always said I missed most was the sunshine."
