‘My proudest moments are when I had to fight’: Michael Carberry on cricket, cancer and captaincy

The former England opener explains how ‘a little boy from the poor side of south-east London’ made it to the top

By Wisden Cricket Monthly

Born in Croydon to parents who had emigrated from the Caribbean, Michael Carberry grew up in a cricket-obsessed household, dreaming of one day playing for England. Before he hit his teens he had been scouted by Surrey. He worked his way up through the ranks at the Oval and found himself sharing a dressing room with legends.