Henry Blofeld

He must never lose track of the fact that it's the cricket, it's the thread.

And so, I mean, this is where Henry Blofeld was so brilliant, that every ball was an event.

From the bowler starting his run up, Henry would build it up, the crescendo to the bowling, the ball go, and even if the batsman then shouldered arms and played no shot, it was still a massive event.

And that's absolutely correct.

Are there still radio broadcasters coming into the commentary box in the way? I'll be honest.

I just, no.

When you're getting on, you always look at stuff through rose-tinted glasses, don't you? But I don't see where another Henry Blofeld could come from.

I don't see where another Brian Johnston could come from.

Classically, on the crickets broadcasts, people would prefer it when it rained sometimes.

Back, you know, in the sort of the glory, again, show me age, the glory days are like Brian Johnson, Henry Blofeld, particularly Brian Johnson, because he was funny and he could tell a story.

And, you know, and it would rain.

Oh, that's disappointing a bit.

But I've dabbled and done a few gigs here and there where I've done one or two games in the Conference League over the last couple of seasons, which is for TV, for World Feed TV, which is a completely different experience and one that I'm glad I've had because I think it's important to test yourself and to try different things so you don't just get stuck doing the same thing all the time.

So, yeah, I've done a little bit of cricket now and again.

This goes back a few years where you mentioned Henry Blofeld earlier on.

Well, he is a Norfolk boy.

I'm cricket.

Ladies and gentlemen, Gaff has his hero, Henry Blofeld.

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No, I'm Henry, no.

And, yeah, no, I'm looking forward to it.

I mean, obviously, Graeme Swann, Graeme Gooch, Henry Blofeld, Agnew's there, Gary Richards, you know, I've just spoken to in the last day or so to sort of help us through things.

So, it'll be good fun.

It'll be good fun.