Saturday 19 August 2017 15:52, UK
Jack Russell was and still is a master of the art of wicketkeeping, something he demonstrated in the Kia Zone.
Russell played 54 Tests for England between 1988 and 1998, taking 153 catches and 12 stumpings, including a now joint Test record 11 dismissals in a match in Johannesburg in 1995 - AB de Villiers equalling that tally at the same venue against Pakistan in 2013.
The former Gloucestershire gloveman explained the keys to keeping when he joins Ian Ward and Michael Atherton in The Zone - and even deployed Athers at first slip!
Russell discussed whether he used soft or hard hands when catching, why rhythm as a keeper was more important against the spinners than the pacemen, and how the advent of the third umpire slightly altered his mindset.
Jack also dons his beloved sun hat - headwear that Atherton once described in print as "that dirty, smelly, grubby, patched-up, stitched-up, upside-down-flowerpot-of-a-thing" and which Russell refused to ditch in South Africa in 1995-96 when all players were ordered to wear an official ODI sun hat.
For all that, plus a glimpse of his famous black wicketkeeping gloves, watch Jack Russell Masterclass in the video at the top of the page.
