Widely regarded as one of the most consistent bowlers of his generation, Angus Fraser’s unerring accuracy and nagging line and length helped him amass 886 wickets during a first-class career that was spent entirely at his beloved Middlesex County Cricket Club. The archetypal English seamer took 177 wickets for his country in forty-six Test matches at a superbly miserly average of 27.32, and would have certainly added to that haul were it not for a troubling hip injury and a confusing selection policy during the 1990s.

 

One of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year in 1996, Fraser made a seamless transition from player to cricket correspondent for The Independent in 2002 and was a welcome addition to the TMS commentary box, before returning to Middlesex to take the reins as Managing Director of Cricket at the beginning of 2009. Having represented his country all around the world, most successfully in the West Indies where he registered his career best figures of 8-53, CellarVie Wines tracked down the 6ft 6inch Lancashire born legend, who was awarded an MBE in 1998, to find out who he would invite to his perfect dinner party, where he would hold this hypothetical get-together, and the wine he would serve…

Each is idyllic; The Cliff looking over the Caribbean Sea, Doyles looking back at Sydney and Strawberry Hill overlooking Kingston.

 

 

A tasty, buttery white like Mersault – I don’t like acidic wine, I like something with taste.

 

For the same reason a not overbearing or too oaky Californian Chardonnay.

 

A tasty but not too heavy red – Burgundy/NZ Pinot Noir or Brunello di Montalcino or Montepulciano. I like a red with a bit of body to it but not too big.

 

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