John Arlott's legacy can be heard across county cricket

PAUL EDWARDS: BBC commentators practise a trade that began with the confident, plummy tones of the pre-war commentators but was transformed by the son of an impoverished cemetery registrar from Basingstoke

Paul Edwards | 29/07/2022 at 10:53

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Posted by Marc Evans on 30/07/2022 at 23:30

Arlott was one of a kind. A genuine poet with an cricketing obsession that can't be pidgeonholed into an era. Just as relevant now as in the day.

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