Which England spin bowler won 'Beard of the Year' in 2006?
Beard Liberation Front between them. After the English cricket team regained the Ashes for the first time in sixteen years, Andrew Flintoff won the award again in 2005, this time unshared, to go with his BBC Sports Personality of the Year award and his MBE. "The Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson came second, while former joint-winner Paul Mackney was pushed into third. England's loss of the Ashes the following year did not prevent the 2006 award going to a cricketer for the third year running; this time to England spin-bowler Monty Panesar, who narrowly won with 30 percent of the vote.
Don Beard union for Wellington, Wanganui (as captain) and North Island. He died in 1982 while on holiday in England after retiring as principal of Te Aroha College. Don Beard Donald Derek Beard (14 January 1920, Palmerston North, Manawatu – 15 July 1982, Lancaster, England) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in four Tests from 1952 to 1956. Don Beard grew up in the country near Palmerston North, cycling 15 miles a day to attend Palmerston North Boys' High School. After teacher training in Auckland, he attended Victoria University in Wellington. An accurate fast-medium bowler and useful lower-order batsman, Beard was