As a young cricketer, Oli Slipper admits, putting pen to paper on a professional contract at Surrey was about as good as it got: partly because it fulfilled a schoolboy’s dream and more so because it was where his short-lived playing career peaked.
“I signed the same day as Ben Hollioake and Alex Tudor,” he tells Standard Sport. "You sort of turn up in the nets and realise that there are levels - and then there are levels.”
