Made by Slazenger, with pen inscription to the face 'THIRD TEST MATCH INDIA V ENGLAND at Delhi December 23rd-28th 1981 scored 105 in the first innings, 126th FIRST CLASS CENTURY WORLD RECORD FOR MOST TEST RUNS' (signed)
85 cm. long

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This bat is from GB's final Test series as an England player. In the first innings of the third Test, he scored 105, Tavare 149 and Botham 66. A deft four took him past Sobers' record tally of 8,032 Test runs. He returned home after the fourth Test, the leading run scorer in Test matches with 8,114 runs and remained top scorer until surpassed by Sunil Gavaskar in 1983.

See also lot 93.