This is the CMS Podcast, Classic View From The Boundary.

Hello, welcome to another classic view from the Boundary.

I'm Jonathan Agnew, and I've been fortunate enough to be the BBC's cricket correspondent

for nearly 30 years, which is quite a good stint, you'd have thought.

But my tenure pales into insignificance when compared to the longevity of a guest we were

joined by in 2007.

Nicholas Parsons was an actor, presenter and comic, but is perhaps best known as host of

Radio 4 Quizmaster just a minute, a positionally held for over half a century from 1967 until

2019.

During his career, Parsons was a regular on-screen and on radio, becoming one of the most popular

characters in British entertainment.

He was also a cricket fanatic.

In 2007, India was a tourist, and visiting lords in the first test of a three-match series.

The rain-infected game ended in a close draw, and during a shary hour or so on a Saturday,

Nicholas Parsons popped into Sears and take a view from the boundary.

I've got to say right away, sitting up here in this media centre, I didn't realise how

lucky you are.

It is the most fabulous position to see cricket.

And in the setting here, I mean, the home of cricket here at lords, that wonderful

but brilliant as a backdrop over there, and the game going on, I've been in seventh heaven

for the last hour and a half just watching it all, and of course, there's been great cricket

to watch as well.

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