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Radio 4. Oh, The My castaway this week is the cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew.

Known simply as Agers to the army of fans devoted to test match special,

his charm knowledge and ready wit have gained him a place in the heart of anyone who loves the game.

His own infatuation with cricket began as a young boy at boarding school and along with his talent and determination

took him all the way to the top of the sport he played for Leicestershire and England.

His transition from the crease to the commentary box was cemented by one of the most memorable

moments in broadcasting history. The notorious legover comment that prompted

the legendary Brian Johnson to dissolve into helpless prolonged giggles live on air.

More of that later.

He says the greatest thing about our job is that you have no preconceived idea about what's going to happen you have no script the

cricket is the script so Jonathan to people listening who may be not that familiar

with test match special of course everybody's heard of it but not

everybody listens. How would you describe it? We turn up for work of a morning, not

knowing what's going to happen and that is the real joy of the job. You sit on a

commuter train sometimes you see people with their earphones plugged in and in a sort of a

zombified world. They know what's going to happen. They're going to turn their computer on. They'll sit there for

seven hours and then catch the same train back again they've caught every evening for the

last 20 years but at a cricket match you don't know what's going to happen and you turn

up with friends colleagues people that you work with for a long time with great

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