| Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator. | JOHN ARLOTT |
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| It's only a matter of time before the end of this innings. | MICHAEL PESCHARDT |
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| Ray Illingworth has just relieved himself at the pavilion end. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| It's especially tense for parker who's literally fighting for a place on an overcrowded plane to India. | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| ...and England win by a solitary nine runs. | FRANK BOUGH |
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| Hardie was a good solid rock upon which Essex hung their caps. | PETER WALKER |
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| As the ball gets softer it loses its hardness. | GEOFF BOTCOTT |
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| A wicket could always fall in this game, literally at any time. | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| If you are going to lose, you might as well lose good and proper and try to sneak a win. | TED DEXTER |
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| On the first day, Logie decided to chance his arm and it came off. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| We welcome World Service listeners to the Oval, where the bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| Unless somebody can pull a miracle out of the fire, Somerset are cruising into the semi-final. | FRED TRUEMAN |
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| Welcome to Worcester where you've just missed seeing Barry Richards hitting one of Basil D'Oliveira's balls clean out of the ground. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| Clearly the West Indies are going to play their normal game, which is what they normally do. | TONY GREG |
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| The Test Match begins in ten minutes - that’s our time of course. | DAVID COLEMAN |
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| Playing against a team with Ian Chappell as a captain turns cricket match into gang warfare. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| These past five weeks have passed at the drop of a pin. | RACHEL HEYHOE-FLINT |
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| In the back of Hughes mind must be the thought that he will dance down the piss and mitch one. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| And Jajeda is dijappointed...Jadeja is ji..da..I'll come again, Jajeda..okay Jadeja looks downcast. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| The obvious successor to Brearley at the moment isn't obvious. | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| It's his second finger - technically his third. | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS |
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| He's usually a good puller - but he couldn't get it up that time. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| After their 60 overs, West Indies have scored 244 for 7, all out. | FRANK BOUGH |
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| The game's a little bit wide open again. | FRED TRUEMAN |
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| Other than his mistakes, he hasn't put a foot wrong. | SIMON HUGHES |
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| Well, Wally, I’ve been watching this game both visually and on TV | KEN BARRINGTON |
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| He came in from the outfield there like an absolute rabbit. | HENRY BLOFELD |
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| an aggressive back foot drive off the back foot. | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| It's a unique occasion, really - a repeat of Melbourne 1977. | JIM LAKER |
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| His tail is literally up! | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| It's been very slow and dull day, but it hasn't been boring. It's been a good, entertaining day's cricket. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| Clearly the West Indie are going to play their normal game, which is what they normally do. | TONY GREG |
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| These past five weeks have passed at the drop of a pin. | RACHEL HEYHOE-FLINT |
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| In the back of Hughes mind must be the thought that he will dance down the piss and mitch one. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| A wicket could always fall in this game, literally at any time. | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| These past five weeks have passed at the drop of a pin. | RACHEL HEYHOE-FLINT |
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| Tavare has literally dropped anchor. | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| Playing against a team with Ian Chappell as a captain turns cricket match into gang warfare. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| No, I am not going for a curry and a few beers tonight. | TIM WHITELY |
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| And we have just heard, although this is not the latest score from Bournemouth, that Hampshire have beaten Nottinghamshire by nine wickets. | PETER WEST |
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| It's especially tense for parker who's literally fighting for a place on an overcrowded plane to India. | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| A little less tilde-ishly, there are always Tony Grieg's gems. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| His tail is literally up! | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| Boycott, somewhat a creature of habit, likes exactly the sort of food he himself prefers. | DON MOSEY |
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| It's a unique occasion, really - a repeat of Melbourne 1977. | JIM LAKER |
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| Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator. | JOHN ARLOTT |
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| Once again our consistency has been proved to be inconsisent. | DAVID GRAVENEY |
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| Tavare has literally dropped anchor. | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| The Test Match begins in ten minutes - that's our time, of course. | DAVID COLEMAN |
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| At the end of this match at the Sydney ground the lights have gone out like a flash. | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS |
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| Ray Illingworth has just relieved himself at the pavilion end. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| It's his second finger - technically his third. | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS |
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| He's usually a good puller - but he couldn't get it up that time. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| The game's a little bit wide open again. | FRED TRUEMAN |
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| Unless somebody can pull a miracle out of the fire, Somerset are cruising into the semi-final. | FRED TRUEMAN |
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| England need to pick players who do not have skeletons in their coffins. | IAN BOTHAM |
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| To stay in, you've got to not get out. | GEOFF BOYCOTT |
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| Well, Wally, Ive been watching this game both visually and on TV | KEN BARRINGTON |
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| The hallmark of a great captain is his ability to win the toss at the right time. | RICHIE BENAUD |
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| If you are going to lose, you might as well lose good and proper and try to sneak a win. | TED DEXTER |
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| ...now Botham, with a chance to put everything that's gone before, behind him. | TONY COSIER |
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| Well, he didn't quite get his leg over, did he? | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| Other than his mistakes, he hasn't put a foot wrong. | SIMON HUGHES |
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| After their 60 overs, West Indies have scored 244 for 7, all out. | FRANK BOUGH |
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| Welcome to Worcester where you've just missed seeing Barry Richards hitting one of Basil D'Oliveira's balls clean out of the ground. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| But one who seeks to capture the real spirit of cricket must turn to Tony Benneworth. | BRIAN JOHNSTON |
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| this series has been swings and pendulums all the way through. | TREVOR BAILEY |
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| He came in from the outfield there like an absolute rabbit. | HENRY BLOFELD |
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| It's only a matter of time before the end of this innings. | MICHAEL PESCHARDT |
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| This shirt is unique, there are only 200 of them. | RICHIE BENAUD |
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