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The pressure of following in a father's cricketing footsteps
Is sporting greatness passed through the generations? What's it like to follow in the footsteps of a famous father?
Bairstow, Botham, Bradman, Broad, Cowdrey and Sidebottom are examples of cricket greats, whose children have followed them into the world of cricket.
We speak to James Buttler, the author of 'Following On: In the footsteps of cricketing fathers', about his book which asks whether sporting greatness is passed down from father to son or whether it is nurtured by a combination of individual flair and hard work.
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