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Classic View From The Boundary

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Hello, I'm Jonathan Agnew with another classic

View From The Boundary, as you celebrate 40 years of this iconic radio feature.

Our next trip to our memory lane takes us to August 1987

and the bicentenary of the Mara Lebon Cricket Club.

In honor of the occasion, a special match was played at lords

with MCC taking on a rest of the world 11.

The likes of Gordon Greenwich, Sir Richard Hadley, Imran Khan and Cappal Devall played

and on Test-Mount Special, we had our own start turn.

Only one man in history has had two separate terms as president of MCC

and it seemed only right to approach him to see if he might be interviewed.

Though his Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh, was unable to attend the fixture

due to family commitments in Balmoral, he was delighted to chat at Buckingham Palace

a couple of weeks before.

So for the first time ever, the View From The Boundary interview was recorded

away from the ground, with Brian Johnston, no doubt wearing his finest

and heading to the palace.

Your Royal Highness, very nice for you to join us on Test-Mount Special

and we're not known for our modesty, so can I start off by asking you

how good a cricket away when you were a boy?

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