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Hello, my name's Simon Mann and welcome to another classic view from the Boundary from

Test Match Special. Today we're going back to 2015 and the first test of a busy summer

that saw England win back the ashes and the star of Trevor Baylis' whiteboard revolution

that would eventually lead to England winning the World Cup four years later.

At lords England were taking on New Zealand in a thrilling test match, one on the final

day by the hosts Sir Alessandro Cook and Ben Stokes both scored second inning centuries.

Our guest on the Saturday is one of the leading voices in British science. Lord Robert Winston

has been a regular face on our television screens hosting shows such as Child of Our Time

and the BAFTA winning the human body. In his medical career he's been a pioneer in

fertility working particularly on the efficacy of IVF treatments and embryo screening amongst

many other things. A passionate cricket fan he arrived in our commentary box wearing his

MCC tie and sat down to join Jonathan Agnew for a really fascinating half hour.

I must say that the first thing I have to say is that the view you have from this commentary

box is absolutely amazing because you have this angle down on the pitch which we ordinary

people never normally see and it makes a very very big difference to watching the ball

ball. You think? I think so, yeah. Easier? The other thing that of course I've never seen

before looking directly at the pavilion you have a very very exaggerated view of the

slope at lords which is very very clear. So I mean I'm amazed and I love this automatically

opening window you've got as well that's great fun. Well it's interesting because lords

actually has quite a reputation of being a bit stuck in the past doesn't it a bit funny

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