Alan Lee, Esq

Career: sports writer; Watford Observer 1970-74, Hayter's Agency 1974-78; cricket corr: Mail on Sunday 1982-87, The Times 1988-99; covered England home test matches 1977-98; covered England tours: India and Aust 1976-77, Aust 1978-79, 1982-83, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1994-95, and 1998-99, W Indies 1981, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998, Pakistan 1983, India 1984-85, NZ 1988, 1992 and 1997; covered World Cups 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and 1996; racing correspondent The Times 1999-; highly commended Sports Magazine Writer of the Year 1987, shortlisted Sports Reporter of the Year 1999, Racing Journalist of the Year 2001 and 2004, Sports Journalist of the Year 2002; Specialist Sports Corr of the Year 2002

Books and Publications: over 20 on cricket, racing and golf incl: A Pitch in Both Camps (1979), Jump Jockeys (1980), Lambourn (1982), Fred (biography of Fred Winter, 1991), To be a Champion (1992), Lord Ted (1995), Raising the Stakes (1996)