Durham to Bedford - Gay's 200-mile drive to tell parents of England call-up

On the day he learned he would be England's new opener, Emilio Gay drove from Durham to Bedford to tell his parents about his first international call-up. The 26-year-old Durham batter received a phone call at 08:00 BST from his county director of cricket and new England national selector Marcus North, telling the left-hander he is in the squad to play New Zealand at Lord's on 4 June. "He actually kind of woke me up," Gay told BBC Radio 5 Live. …