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Hello Jonathan Agnew here to bring you another edition of Classic View From The Boundary.

For this episode we're heading to 2007, actor Daniel Radcliffe played Harry Potter in

the acclaimed movie franchise and decided to spend his 18th birthday at Lords, as England

tried in vain to force a win against India. The Harry Potter star hadn't finished filming

the series, indeed the final book had only just been released, but he took the time to

chat to us at the home of cricket. And this was far from a special treat for Daniel

just on his birthday, he'd been following the whole game.

We've been a lot coming to Compton stand and a little bit in the eddric stand. It's

been fantastic. I have to say the best time we've had was when we were surrounded by the

Indian fans on day two, because the competition in the band there was so much more exciting.

Did they know who you were? They Harry Potter fans?

I think they guessed when a little kid came up to me and asked me to sign his book. So I

think that was the big giveaway.

You must be signing hundreds of those at the moment, aren't you? Although it directly

I suppose that's nothing to do with you. So all JK Rowlings, but you're swept into it,

aren't you?

Absolutely, yes. I mean every other pace you take here, you see another copy of the seventh

book, obviously just released. So it's no, everyone's it Potter favourite's favourite

pitch at the moment, yeah.

Mace, actually without the glasses, I wouldn't necessarily have got you, though. The

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