Brian Johnston cricketers requiring financial support and to promote disabled cricket. The trust is now part of the Lord's Taverners. The Johnners Club was also established in his memory at the same time and currently has over 350 members, plus a further 100 regular supporters. The Trust’s income is boosted significantly from the proceeds of the annual Johnners Club Dinner, member subscriptions, and general donations. Brian Johnston Brian Alexander Johnston (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from
New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1994–95 sacked later in the season following a domestic season which "degenerated into a series of traumas" and the tour manager, Mike Sandlant, and coach Geoff Howarth both left their posts as a result of their handling of the team during the tour. The tour has been called the "Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll" and is considered to have had a major influence on the ways in which New Zealand Cricket administered the international side for years ahead. The tour immediately followed New Zealand's involvement in the Wills World Series in India in October 1994, the majority of the team