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I don't know that about Harris. I think Lord Hawker had a bit of a reputation too. And thinking about it, Monty Bowden came to a sticky end while smuggling whisky. He was buried in a coffin made of whisky cases. Both Percy Chapman and Walter Hammond were shrouded in scandal: Chapman with booze...

I wondered that but it seems he didn't. He was investigated by the Australian Secret Service when he was on tour there; they were very suspicious of his political activities. He's probably the dodgiest individual to captain England

It's what Private Eye call him

We have a winner. He also stood for the Conservatives in Bolsover - I'd say the definition of a lost cause in the early 60s (although Bolsover does have a Tory MP now, quite incredibly)

Blimey, how old do you think I am? (but Fry did stand for Parliament - long before I was born though) But you were right on Lord Ted - stood against Jim Callaghan in Cardiff (lost by a lot)

Stand for UK Parliament One of the two former cricketers stood for two separate parties

Monty Panesar is going to stand for Parliament for Gorgeous George's Workers Party. Good luck cracking the 16,000 Labour majority in Southall. He becomes the third Sussex cricketer to stand for Parliament in my lifetime: quick quiz - anyone name the other two?