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This is the CMS Podcasts, Classic View From The Boundary

Hello Jonathan Agnew here as we walk down memory lane with a classic view from the boundary.

Today we're going back to July 1991 and a test match between England and West Indies at

Edgebaston.

England was struggling at 4 for 2 in their second innings with the tourists on their way to

taking a 2-1 lead in the 5 match series.

The West Indies attack featured the likes of Ambrose, Patterson, Walsh and Marshall,

Ingle were led by Graham Gooch with Humoris making the first of three test appearances.

In the old commentary box at the city end of the ground who were joined by the then England

football manager Graham Taylor, a passionate cricket fan and fascinating student of the

psychology of coaching.

With a steel band playing on the outfield, Taylor told Brian Johnston about his love for

the game.

My heroes basically were more of a national basis really because I was a minor counter

situation.

My first things were obviously me and Kevin Kenbarant.

Kenbarant and I never met that.

I used to, when I heard that he cast away, that was one of the things that will always

remain with me.

The fact that Kenbarant had died to a relatively young man as I was at the time, was a very

upsetting, I never met him.

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