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Nigel Martyn: Former England goalkeeper savours 'special' international cricket call-up

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The names of those to play both cricket and football for England conjure up the feeling of a very different era: cigarette cards, blazers and the faint whiff of Brylcreem. Sporting greats of a bygone time such as Denis Compton, CB Fry and Tip Foster are among the 12 men to do it. Arthur Milton was the last man when he played the first of six Tests in 1958 - seven years after he won his solitary England football cap against Austria. Another on the verge of joining that pantheon is of a more recent vintage in the form of goalkeeper Nigel Martyn. Well, kind of... Martyn, capped 23 times by the Three Lions in football, has forced his way into the reckoning for the England Over-60s cricket team after returning to a sport he has always loved. He might be a little greyer at the temples, but the prospect of becoming a dual international this summer has nevertheless stirred something in him. "It's pretty special," Martyn told BBC Sport.…

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