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I have a morbid fascination for watching an angry batsman when he gets back to the dressing-room, throwing his bat and gloves and having a paddy. I suppose it’s a bit like watching car-crash television, only very close up. At Yorkshire we used to have spread bets about how many times Michael Bevan would say ‘f***’ in his first minute back in the dressing-room. The spread was normally between 40 and 50. Here are five of the angriest:

MICHAEL BEVAN

I once saw him come into the changing-room after a bad decision and sit underneath a shower fully clothed, still wearing all his batting gear, pads and all.

MARK RAMPRAKASH

In India in 2001 there looked to be a serious danger that Ramps might punch a dressing-room attendant who was a bit too attentive shortly after he had been given out.

NASSER HUSSAIN

Once gave me a bollocking for not getting him a drink out of the fridge in Pakistan. He was sitting right next to the fridge, I was at the other side of the room.

DARREN LEHMANN

Boof had just been run out by a bad call from Gavin Hamilton at Scarborough. I was at the other side of the ground and I could hear Boof in the dressing-room shouting: ‘Stupid f***ing Scottish prick!’ If I could hear it, Gav, still out in the middle, would certainly have been aware of Boof’s feelings.

ANTHONY McGRATH

When we were playing in the Yorkshire second team, I was sitting in the dressing-room when Mags came back after playing a stupid shot. He started throwing his kit around, f-ing and blinding, and everyone else cleared out of the dressing-room. When everybody had cleared off, and there was only me and him left, he smiled at me and said: ‘I thought I should do that to make it look as though I’m bothered.’