The sun was blasting down and the young, gangly fast bowler, a Bob Willis throwback, was charging in from the rugby ground end. Sean Longstaff was 15 and would take five wickets for Tynemouth Cricket Club’s second XI. Sean, right, and Matty in the colours of Celtic and Newcastle as children“You’d best keep an eye on the little one as well Martin,” said their dad, David, who was pointing towards his other son, Matty. Physically they were as different then as now, but the bowling looked pretty effortless. Sport for the Longstaff brothers always seemed pretty effortless, perhaps understandably, given the family’s…

Source: The Times October 07, 2019 16:25 UTC