"John Michael """Mike""" Brearley" Order of the British Empire/OBE is a retired English first-class cricketer who captained Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England cricket team/England. He captained the international side in 31 of his 39 Test cricket/Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. He was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2007–08. Since his retirement from professional cricket he has pursued a career as a writer and psychoanalyst, serving as President of the British Psychoanalytical Society 2008–10.

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Broken marriages, conflicts of loyalty, the problems of everyday life fall away as one faces up to [Jeff] Thomson.

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Playing against a team with Ian Chappell as a captain turns cricket match into gang warfare.

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