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Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator.	JOHN ARLOTT
It's only a matter of time before the end of this innings.	MICHAEL PESCHARDT
Ray Illingworth has just relieved himself at the pavilion end.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
It's especially tense for parker who's literally fighting for a place on an overcrowded plane to India.	TREVOR BAILEY
...and England win by a solitary nine runs.	FRANK BOUGH
Hardie was a good solid rock upon which Essex hung their caps.	PETER WALKER
As the ball gets softer it loses its hardness.	GEOFF BOTCOTT
A wicket could always fall in this game, literally at any time.	TREVOR BAILEY
If you are going to lose, you might as well lose good and proper and try to sneak a win.	TED DEXTER
On the first day, Logie decided to chance his arm and it came off.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
We welcome World Service listeners to the Oval, where the bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
Unless somebody can pull a miracle out of the fire, Somerset are cruising into the semi-final.	FRED TRUEMAN
Welcome to Worcester where you've just missed seeing Barry Richards hitting one of Basil D'Oliveira's balls clean out of the ground.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
Clearly the West Indies are going to play their normal game, which is what they normally do.	TONY GREG
The Test Match begins in ten minutes - that’s our time of course.	DAVID COLEMAN
Playing against a team with Ian Chappell as a captain turns cricket match into gang warfare.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
These past five weeks have passed at the drop of a pin.	RACHEL HEYHOE-FLINT
In the back of Hughes mind must be the thought that he will dance down the piss and mitch one.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
And Jajeda is dijappointed...Jadeja is ji..da..I'll come again, Jajeda..okay Jadeja looks downcast.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
The obvious successor to Brearley at the moment isn't obvious.	TREVOR BAILEY
It's his second finger - technically his third.	CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS
He's usually a good puller - but he couldn't get it up that time.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
After their 60 overs, West Indies have scored 244 for 7, all out.	FRANK BOUGH
The game's a little bit wide open again.	FRED TRUEMAN
Other than his mistakes, he hasn't put a foot wrong.	SIMON HUGHES
Well, Wally, I’ve been watching this game both visually and on TV	KEN BARRINGTON
He came in from the outfield there like an absolute rabbit.	HENRY BLOFELD
an aggressive back foot drive off the back foot.	TREVOR BAILEY
It's a unique occasion, really - a repeat of Melbourne 1977.	JIM LAKER
His tail is literally up!	TREVOR BAILEY
It's been very slow and dull day, but it hasn't been boring. It's been a good, entertaining day's cricket.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
Clearly the West Indie are going to play their normal game, which is what they normally do.	TONY GREG
These past five weeks have passed at the drop of a pin.	RACHEL HEYHOE-FLINT
In the back of Hughes mind must be the thought that he will dance down the piss and mitch one.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
A wicket could always fall in this game, literally at any time.	TREVOR BAILEY
These past five weeks have passed at the drop of a pin.	RACHEL HEYHOE-FLINT
Tavare has literally dropped anchor.	TREVOR BAILEY
Playing against a team with Ian Chappell as a captain turns cricket match into gang warfare.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
No, I am not going for a curry and a few beers tonight.	TIM WHITELY
And we have just heard, although this is not the latest score from Bournemouth, that Hampshire have beaten Nottinghamshire by nine wickets.	PETER WEST
It's especially tense for parker who's literally fighting for a place on an overcrowded plane to India.	TREVOR BAILEY
A little less tilde-ishly, there are always Tony Grieg's gems.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
His tail is literally up!	TREVOR BAILEY
Boycott, somewhat a creature of habit, likes exactly the sort of food he himself prefers.	DON MOSEY
It's a unique occasion, really - a repeat of Melbourne 1977.	JIM LAKER
Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator.	JOHN ARLOTT
Once again our consistency has been proved to be inconsisent.	DAVID GRAVENEY
Tavare has literally dropped anchor.	TREVOR BAILEY
The Test Match begins in ten minutes - that's our time, of course.	DAVID COLEMAN
At the end of this match at the Sydney ground the lights have gone out like a flash.	CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS
Ray Illingworth has just relieved himself at the pavilion end.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
It's his second finger - technically his third.	CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS
He's usually a good puller - but he couldn't get it up that time.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
The game's a little bit wide open again.	FRED TRUEMAN
Unless somebody can pull a miracle out of the fire, Somerset are cruising into the semi-final.	FRED TRUEMAN
England need to pick players who do not have skeletons in their coffins.	IAN BOTHAM
To stay in, you've got to not get out.	GEOFF BOYCOTT
Well, Wally, Ive been watching this game both visually and on TV	KEN BARRINGTON
The hallmark of a great captain is his ability to win the toss at the right time.	RICHIE BENAUD
If you are going to lose, you might as well lose good and proper and try to sneak a win.	TED DEXTER
...now Botham, with a chance to put everything that's gone before, behind him.	TONY COSIER
Well, he didn't quite get his leg over, did he?	BRIAN JOHNSTON
Other than his mistakes, he hasn't put a foot wrong.	SIMON HUGHES
After their 60 overs, West Indies have scored 244 for 7, all out.	FRANK BOUGH
Welcome to Worcester where you've just missed seeing Barry Richards hitting one of Basil D'Oliveira's balls clean out of the ground.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
But one who seeks to capture the real spirit of cricket must turn to Tony Benneworth.	BRIAN JOHNSTON
this series has been swings and pendulums all the way through.	TREVOR BAILEY
He came in from the outfield there like an absolute rabbit.	HENRY BLOFELD
It's only a matter of time before the end of this innings.	MICHAEL PESCHARDT
This shirt is unique, there are only 200 of them.	RICHIE BENAUD