My father, Mike Rines, who has died aged 89, lived an eventful and fulfilling life, working in industry and journalism, and then undertaking retirement projects that were in many ways as notable as his professional career.
Throughout his life he had a love of cricket. While studying at Merton College, Oxford, in the 1950s he was serving as 12th man for Oxford University against the Australian touring side when the Australians lost a man to injury and Mike was called on to replace him. This unusual event was documented in Wisden.
