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Classic View From The Boundary

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Hello, this is Jonathan Agnew, welcome to another classic view from the Boundary.

For 40 years we've welcomed some of the biggest names from across the world, the commentary

box to discuss their lives and of course their love of cricket.

Today we're going back to 1985 and a Barmi August Day at Edgebaston.

It was England against Australia with the hosts on their way to reclaiming the ashes.

Richard Ellison took 10 buckets in the game while David Gask or the brilliant 215 England

won the match, but innings and 118 runs, I was 12th man as the last time I wore my England

cap.

So anyway, good impressions made on the field and even better ones off it, as you received

a visit from the up and coming star, Rory Bremner, with his amazing, rare voices who then

24-year-old joined Brian Johnston for a chat over lunch and there was a surprise visit

for our guest too.

You know, thank you John, this is lovely day and thanks very entertaining and you're

honestly at the lunch interval and interestingly enough, of course England did take a couple

of early wickets, but it was more importantly, there'd be a couple of early cakes, which

is a lot of missing cakes sent in by Mr. Johnston Begginsfield, I think it was and entertaining

also halfway through the morning session when the England and train are around on with

the Bucket and Spunge, a nice jam sponge, in fact which found us way out to the counter box

and my lunchtime guest today is Brian Johnston.

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